How record prices for diesel and gasoline affect Europe
French President Emmanuel Macron called French fuel prices “unbearable” on social network X. On September 18, he gathered representatives of key political parties to discuss the situation in the fuel market. German Finance Minister Lars Klingbail, at a meeting of EU finance ministers in Dublin on September 18, called on the European Commission (EC) to propose possible ways to tax "excessive profits" of oil companies. Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis said the commission had no plans for pan-European taxation but was "ready to discuss" and EU members could impose their own taxes.
French President Emmanuel Macron called French fuel prices “unbearable” on social network X. On September 18, he gathered representatives of key political parties to discuss the situation in the fuel market. German Finance Minister Lars Klingbail, at a meeting of EU finance ministers in Dublin on September 18, called on the European Commission (EC) to propose possible ways to tax "excessive profits" of oil companies. Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis said the commission had no plans for pan-European taxation but was "ready to discuss" and EU members could impose their own taxes.
