The Government will make a decision on the bonus of 20 euro cents per liter of fuel on Thursday, December 29, two days before the last extension of the state subsidy for fossil fuels expires, which is in force until December 31. December 2022.
The Executive plans to approve a new package of anti-crisis measures before the end of the year, for which it will convene an extraordinary Council of Ministers to be held on December 29, as announced by the Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, last weekend. of week. Within the anti-crisis measures, it will be decided whether or not to approve a new extension of the 20-cent bonus.
The Minister of Finance and Public Function, María Jesús Montero, confirmed on Monday that the Government will “hurry up until the last day” to decide whether to maintain or withdraw the universal bonus of 20 euro cents for fuel within the new package of anti-crisis measures . It will make the decision based on oil prices.
“That is why we hurry, so that next week we have the ability to see until the last day if indeed what those prices set advises the maintenance or withdrawal (of this aid),” explained the minister in statements to RNE collected by Europe Press.
The price of fuel has been falling for several months from the all-time highs in June, when gasoline 95 reached 2,152 euros per liter and diesel A reached 2,106 euros/liter. Today, Tuesday December 20, the average price of 95 gasoline is 1.579 euros per liter (57 cents less than six months ago), while diesel A has an average price of 1.656 euros/liter (45 cents less than in June ).
The Government approved the bonus of 20 cents on fuel on March 29, when gasoline 95 had an average price of 1.842 euros/liter and diesel A cost 1.869 euros/liter. Three months later, on June 25, the Government extended the discount until December 31, a few days after the price of gasoline and diesel exceeded 2 euros per liter. Now the situation is very different and the price of gasoline and diesel has dropped almost 30% from its all-time high.
The bonus of 20 euro cents on fuel, from which any citizen can currently benefit, will be in force until December 31, 2022. The Executive is considering that it ceases to be universal aid to limit it only to certain professional sectors, such as carriers and farmers.
The First Vice President and Minister of Economy, Nadia Calviño, insinuated last Friday that, foreseeably, as of next January 1, only the economic sectors most affected in their work by the cost of fuel will receive the 20-cent subsidy: transportation of travelers and merchandise, agriculture, livestock and fishing. The rest of the citizens in general would stop receiving this aid.
