“International tensions – Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni wrote on social media after the Council of Ministers on the cut in excise duties – are causing the price of fuel to rise again and, with it, the cost of everything that travels by road. Faced with this increase, which we have not determined but must manage, we have decided to intervene immediately: today the Council of Ministers approved, by decree, an immediate cut on diesel, the fuel that has the greatest impact on transport, agriculture and on the prices that every family pays.
We know it doesn’t solve the problem. But it is a timely and responsible response, taking into consideration the few resources we have and a constantly evolving international framework. We are following the evolution of the situation day by day, including on the conflict front, and we will meet again before the deadline to decide on the next steps.
We will do everything we can to not leave citizens and those who run the nation alone.”