Avrupa’da benzin ve dizelde yeni rekorlar: tüketici harcamaları günde 231 milyon dolar fazlalaşıyor

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Avrupa’da bazı ülkelerde benzin ve dizel fiyatları saatte 12 dolar/galon eşdeğerine ulaştı ve günlük harcama 231 milyon dolar arttı OECD raporuna göre Avrupa’da enerji arzı kısıtları ve yüksek fiyatlar geniş çapta politika müdahalelerini tetikledi Piyasa etkisi enerji verimliliği teşvikleri, devlet destekleri ve vergi değişiklikleriyle izlenecek noktalar arasında yer alıyor

Ana mesele

Avrupa’da benzin ve dizel fiyatları rekor düzeye yaklaşırken enerji politikalarında revizyon gereği belirginleşiyor

Ne değişti?

main_issue ile farklı olarak günlük dizel giderlerinin avro olarak 203 milyon artış gösterdiği tespit ediliyor

Beni nasıl etkiler?

Enerji maliyetlerindeki artış tüketiciler ve şirketler üzerinde baskıyı artırıyor

Ne oldu?

Yayınlanan raporlara göre Avrupa’da benzin ve dizel fiyatları yükseliyor ve tüketicilerin günlük harcamaları artıyor

Neden şimdi?

Enerji arzı ve fiyatlarındaki artış, mevcut jeopolitik gerilimler ve üretim kısıtlarıyla güçlenmiş durumda

Neden önemli?

Yüksek enerji maliyeti tüketim ve yatırım kararlarını etkiler, ekonomik büyümeyi baskılar

Kimler etkileniyor?

• Tüketiciler
• Kamu bütçeleri ve sosyal yardımlar
• Tüccar ve lojistik firmaları
• Enerji yoğun sektörler

Sektör ve piyasa etkisi

Enerji maliyetleri enerji yoğun sektörlerde kar marjlarını ezebilir; perakende ve ulaşım maliyetleri yükselir

Riskler

• Enflasyon baskılarının uzun sürmesi
• Regülasyonlarda ani değişiklikler
• Arz güvenliği konularında politik belirsizlik

Takip edilmesi gerekenler

• Devlet müdahalelerinin kapsamı ve süresi
• Enerji verimliliği ve tasarruf programlarının etkisi
• Tedarik zinciri ve enerji ithalat bağımlılığındaki değişimler

Haberin tamamı

Wars in the Middle East and Ukraine are driving governments across Europe to craft subsidies, taxes and policy revisions that might shield their economies, companies and increasingly aggrieved citizens from record gasoline and diesel prices .

Countries around the world have intervened to limit the economic impact of diminished energy supplies and soaring fuel prices since the start of the Iran war , according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Seven of the 10 nations working most actively to contain the economic damage are in the European Union , the OECD said in a report published Wednesday.

Lithuania cut train ticket prices in half. Greece is taxing gambling more to fund public relief efforts. Italy delayed the scheduled demolition of coal-fired power plants and slashed the required paperwork for oil and natural gas projects. The Netherlands increased funding for a program that provides free energy-saving services in homes. Poland has proposed heavily taxing the record profits of certain fuel producers and sellers.

Before the United States and Israel attacked Iran, Russia’s war in Ukraine disrupted global energy supplies and caused turmoil in Europe. The EU imports nearly all of the oil it uses and 85% of its natural gas . Overall, imports supply 57% of the bloc’s energy needs, with much of its domestically produced energy coming from renewable and nuclear sources, according to the EU’s statistical office.

Europeans are becoming more incensed as pump prices surpass the equivalent of $12 a gallon in some countries. EU citizens are spending an extra 203 million euros ($231 million) a day just for diesel fuel, according to the European advocacy organization Transport & Environment.

“It’s a cruel irony that the U.S. is the least vulnerable to a crisis of its own making, while Europe’s economy again takes the hit,” Antony Froggatt, an analyst at the organization, said.

Some European governments are spending billions to help their countries weather the current energy crisis.

EU leaders in Brussels gave member nations temporary discretion to provide state aid to households and energy-intensive industries like agriculture, transportation and fishing. They also offered limited leeway from EU spending rules for investments that strengthen energy security and reduce the bloc’s long-term reliance on imported oil and natural gas.

“The pressures from higher energy prices and borrowing costs are biting for people and for businesses,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in her annual State of the European Union address last week. “We need to double down on our affordable, homegrown, clean energy, be it renewables and nuclear, or biomethane and others” to “give us independence and drive down energy prices.”

France rolls out diesel subsidies and a Red Sea mission

France has adopted an expanding array of targeted measures to cushion consumers and fuel-intensive businesses from higher prices.

The French government on Tuesday announced a 450 million-euro ($512 million) package to expand its relief measures. It broadened means-tested aid for people who drive more than 30 kilometers (18 miles) round trip to work or more than 8,000 kilometers (4,900 miles) annually for professional purposes. The expansion makes 5.5 million workers eligible for 100-euro ($113) payments to defray fuel costs through the end of the year, the government said.

The new package also extended fuel subsidies for farmers, fishermen and construction companies until the end of the year, and will make energy vouchers of 48 euros to 277 euros available three months early to help 5.8 million families pay their winter energy bills.

French President Emmanuel Macron has asked von der Leyen to promote a relaxation of EU fuel quality regulations on density, sulfur content and other criteria to help increase diesel and kerosene production in Europe. The EU took a similar step during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In a letter to the EU executive seen by The Associated Press, Macron warned that the global oil market would soon see “strong increases in prices” if the Strait of Hormuz off Iran’s coast did not reopen to tanker traffic and Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline to the Red Sea was not repaired.

He also called for raising the EU limit on conventional biodiesel content in standard diesel fuel from 7% to 10%.

On Thursday, Macron said in an interview with French broadcasters that he would deploy French troops, radars and defensive systems to Saudi Arabia to help protect energy infrastructure from attacks by Iran-backed Houthi rebels who have seized new territory near the Bab al-Mandab, a key chokepoint in the global economy . “We are putting ourselves in a position to protect this site because a few weeks ago more than 5 million barrels came out of this site every day,” he said, referring to an export terminal in Yanbu on the Red Sea for the Saudi East-West pipeline.

Germany and Spain cut fuel taxes to give motorists some breathing room

A two-month round of fuel tax cuts in Germany expired at the end of June. The government agreed last week to renew the tax cuts, which will lower gasoline and diesel prices by 17 cents per liter, from Oct. 1 until the end of the year. The German government said the new reduction will cost 2.5 billion euros.

The government also said it would hold talks with the oil industry about introducing a fuel price cap by Jan. 1. Neighboring Belgium and Luxembourg have had similar price caps in place for decades.

Spain’s government also extended gasoline and diesel tax cuts it introduced in March as part of a 5 billion-euro ($5.7 billion) package to counter the effects of the Iran war on local energy prices.

The tax break amounted to 5 cents per liter this month. An automatic mechanism would increase it to 20 cents per liter if fuel-price inflation exceeds 15% year-on-year.

The government also extended fuel subsidies for transportation companies, farmers, livestock producers and fishermen.

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• Fortune