ZAP
Maria da Graça Carvalho focused on the value of a barrel of Brent. But the forecast is for a considerable increase again on Monday.
The Minister of Environment and Energy, Maria da Graça Carvalhoadmitted this Tuesday that fuel prices could fall as early as next week, if the value of Brent on the international market drops by Friday.
Speaking to journalists in Guimarães, where she attended the presentation of the European Green Capital, alongside the President of the Republic, Maria da Graça Carvalho recalled that the price of gasoline and diesel is fixed based on several installments, one of which is the value of Brent.
“If the value of Brent falls all this week, it will hopefully have a positive downward impact next Monday“, he said, remembering that prices are calculated on Fridays, from week to week.
In addition to Brent, he added, there are fees and taxes, transport and storage.
“It is from this group that the value comes out on Friday for the next week”, he said.
But it can go up
However, also this Tuesday, it was announced that the diesel may rise by 15 centsprecisely next week.
The calculations were made based on international data from the beginning of the week, but these calculations already allow us to anticipate next week’s new prices.
The 15 cents still does not take into account the new value – which, if maintained as it has been this week, will make the rise smoother to 11.5 cents per liter.
Gas price caps
The president of the European Commission admitted to imposing gas price capspointing out that rising energy prices are already costing taxpayers three billion euros, but refused to increase imports from Russia.
“Since the beginning of the conflict [no Irão] gas prices increased by 50% and oil prices by 27%. Translating this into euros, 10 days of wars have already cost European taxpayers more three billion euros in fossil fuel imports. This is the price of our dependence”, he stated, in the plenary session of the European Parliament, before leaving a warning.
“In the current crisis, some argue that we should abandon our long-term strategy and even return to Russian fossil fuels. That would be a strategic mistake, it would make us more dependent, more vulnerable and weaker,” he said, alluding to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who this week wrote a letter to the European Commission calling for the lifting of European Union (EU) sanctions on imports of .
