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Oil stays expensive, but petrol is getting cheaper: how can that be?
Oil stays expensive, yet petrol in the Netherlands is 23 cents a litre cheaper than in mid October. How? If nobody explains it, we will.
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Belgian petrol price cap down 20 cents since 13 October, diesel stays high
Belgium's FPS Economy cut the maximum price for petrol sharply again on 4 November. Diesel hit a record on 28 October and has fallen by only 5.8 cents since.
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Dutch inflation rises to 3.7 percent, diesel up 45 percent on last year
Inflation in the Netherlands came in at 3.7 percent in October, according to a flash estimate by Statistics Netherlands (CBS). Daily CBS figures show that diesel costs 45 percent more than a year earlier.
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Oil price almost 9 percent below its late October peak, market stays nervous
Brent, the benchmark for crude oil in Europe, closed on 3 November almost 9 percent below its level of 30 October, on hopes of new talks between the United States and Iran. The market remains sensitive to news from the Gulf, and the price is still well above where it stood before the war.
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Dutch MPs to vote on 12 November on extending petrol and diesel excise cut
Whether filling up in the Netherlands becomes much more expensive on 1 January depends on the votes on the Tax Plan 2027. The cabinet proposes to extend the excise cut on petrol and diesel by one year.
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France makes diesel cheaper with fuel from its strategic reserve
Since 1 November, diesel has been cheaper at French pumps because the state is selling diesel from its strategic reserve to distributors at cost. How much you notice depends on the station, and petrol is not included.
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German draft turns fuel price cap into an emergency brake with a high bar
A first German draft law makes a maximum fuel price an emergency brake for exceptional situations, not a permanent cap like those in Belgium and Luxembourg. The tax cut of about 17 cents per litre expires at the end of December, and the draft rules out a new one.
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Luxembourg extends fuel discount of 5 cents until the end of February
Luxembourg is keeping its discount of 5 cents per litre on diesel and petrol for two more months, until 28 February 2027. After that, the measure ends for good.
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