The Government is vigilant on the cost of fuel.
The Minister of Enterprise and Made in Italy Adolfo Urso has announced a double action to stop speculation and that next week he will bring together consumer associations to discuss the most suitable instruments.
«The first responsible for what is happening is the Government itself which has decided to increase taxes for Italians, first by raising excise duties by 10 cents starting from 1 December and then not renewing the remaining 15 cent discount from 1 January » , however, is the attack by Massimiliano Dona, president of the National Consumer Union . «A sting, only the latter, equal to 9 euros and 15 cents for a full 50 liters. As for speculation - he continues - we have been waiting for answers since March last year, both with respect to our complaint to the Rome Public Prosecutor's Office, which had opened an investigation file on March 14, 2022, and with respect to the 3 complaints sent to the Antitrust l 'March 11, 2022, March 24, 2022 and April 8, 2022. The Guardia di Finanza then ended up fining some distributors guilty of having communicated incorrect data to the ministry or displaying incorrect prices. In short, if the Government really wants to wage a battle against speculation, next week it will accept the request that we have been making for years on the occasion of the annual law on competition , i.e. to give more powers to the institutions responsible for controls, for example by giving a definition of anomalous price, considering unfair practice that of those who, taking advantage of events such as transport strikes, bad weather, pandemic, war in Ukraine, practice excessive top-ups, unduly influencing consumers".
