The oil group TotalEnergies, which manages a third of the service stations in France, announced Tuesday that it will extend the cap to 1.99 euros per liter on the price of gasoline and diesel in its 3,400 stations next year, “as long as prices remain high.”
Announced in February 2023, “the cap at 1.99 euros/liter will be extended beyond the end of 2023, as long as prices remain high,” the group said in a press release, while the government, which brings together distributors of fuel Tuesday morning, called for a “solidarity effort.”
According to TotalEnergies, the capping is activated today in 2,600 of its stations, on SP-95, SP-98 and diesel. Minister Agnès Pannier-Runacher said at the same time on RMC that she was in contact with “Système U, Carrefour and other major retail players” and she “believes I know that there will indeed be other announcements” .
“I thank Total and Intermarché for taking their responsibilities, and I expect other fuel suppliers and distributors” to do the same, she added. Intermarché has announced that it will sell its fuels at cost price on the last weekend of the month.