Strike of the petrol stations, the truce is triggered: but there is waiting for the decree

There is a truce between the government and the petrol stations and the strike announced for 25 and 26 January, already published on the guarantor's website, remains frozen for now.

But not revoked: to do so, the pump managers first want to see the text of the fuel transparency decree which, among other things, should oblige them to also display the average daily price , tighten the penalties for those who do not comply and set a ceiling at the price on the highway.

The text, approved urgently on January 10 to counter the increase in petrol that started with the return of excise duties at the beginning of the year, could be published starting today in the Official Gazette after the move to the Quirinale . Internally, the changes made after the controversy over the non-renewal of the Draghi government's discounts, with the Council of Ministers establishing that if the price of crude oil were to increase, the extra VAT collected would go to finance the reductions in pump prices, adjusting a regulation on mobile excise duties of 2007.

The government wanted to meet the representatives of the petrol station attendants to reassure them that the goal is to punish those who do not already comply with the rules today , such as those 4,000 petrol station attendants who do not inform the ministry of the daily prices charged to motorists, as explained by the Minister of Enterprise and Made in Italy Adolfo Urso. About 20% of the total, added the minister, never communicates the sale price to the ministry, therefore the government plans to increase the sanctions up to suspension for those who do not make the price lists public.

The government delegation was also made up of Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti, the Undersecretary to the Prime Minister Alfredo Mantovano and the Guarantor for price surveillance, Benedetto Mineo: «We have decided to set up a permanent table whose first meeting will take place on Tuesday next time to discuss with the operators on how best to reorganize the sector, because there is a lot to do especially upstream of the supply chain where there is speculation", said Urso.

The clarification with the government was "appreciated" by the representatives of the managers gathered in the acronyms Faib-Confesercenti, Fegica and Figisc-Confcommercio, above all because it "restores an unequivocal truth: the managers have no responsibility for the increase in prices, nor for any alleged speculation that has been mentioned. As far as the petrol stations' organizations are concerned, the controversy ends here», they said at the end of the meeting. The next one is set for January 17th.

(Unioneonline/D)