Diesel continues to rise in France, slight decline in gasoline – La Provence

Monday 06/20/2022 at 5:06 p.m. – Updated at 5:09 p.m. Economy By La Provence (with AFP) The price of diesel sold in French service stations continued to rise last week, while gasoline fell slightly but at very high levels, according to the latest official figures published on Monday. A liter of diesel was worth an average of 2.1345 euros last week, up 6.51 cents on the previous week, according to figures released Friday by the Ministry of Transition energy. This high price takes into account the government rebate of 18 cents per liter (in mainland France) at the pump, which should last until August. However, diesel had already been more expensive this year, during the week ended on March 11 (2.1407 euros on average). On the gasoline side, the super unleaded 95 slightly declined to 2.1290 euros (-0.19 cents). Super unleaded 95-E10 for its part reached 2.0866 euros (-0.94 cents). supply difficulties and galloping inflation, as the European Union prepares to end purchases of Russian oil and diesel.