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“Now they are about the same prices as in Spain, which is not bad,” compares Pablo. But the system is different. “There, the prices displayed on the panels do not take into account the discount, explain this Bordelais from Malaga. The distributors only apply it once you pay”. Back from vacation, he had filled up before returning to the Pyrenees. He kept his ticket. “The reduction was 20 cents per liter, he shows. The starting price was €1.89. »
In the station where he has just used himself on this back-to-school day, diesel is at 1,663 € per litre. This sign, an oil giant, grants its customers a discount of 20 centimes which is added to that of the State. He took the opportunity, almost in spite of himself, “to take the most expensive diesel, which I never do”. At €1,743. He smiles: “The prices had gone up so high that our frame of reference moved. They succeeded in changing us, psychologically. Before, the liter at €1.66 would have made us scream. Today, we find it good. »
The opinion of a yellow vest
At the start of the yellow vests movement, diesel was around €1.53 per litre. This is what had pushed Eymeric on the roundabouts. “It’s always taken, but it’s not enough to make people smile again,” he said, waiting for his turn. Every day, I drive 70 kilometers with my personal vehicle to go to work in Bordeaux. »
Ismail is about to go to Padua, where he lives. “In Italy, 2 cents are included in the price of gasoline to help regions that have suffered from earthquakes,” he points out. The subsidy was 30 cents until August 31. Now I don’t know. To get in, we’ll need two and a half full tanks. So it couldn’t have been better timed.
Ahmed, who rides a scooter, thinks he spent 6 euros less for a full tank. “For the consumer, it’s never enough,” he also believes. This is all speculation. There is no diesel problem, no gasoline problem. »