Latest news and stories about fuel subsidies in Portugal for expats and residents.
The European Commission admits that the crisis in the Middle East, which has already caused a 24 billion euro increase in the energy bill, will have a “serious” and “long-lasting” impact and argued that measures taken by Member States to mitigate the impact of rising fuel prices must be “temporary”. Brussels guarantees that...
The decision will be made on Thursday by the Government Council. Business owners warn of cost increases of 15% to 40% since the beginning of the year.
The set of measures to address the rise in fuel prices has a cost of approximately 150 million euros per month.
Luís Montenegro spoke at the end of the weekly Council of Ministers meeting.
Public subsidies of 10 cents per litre will cover goods and passenger transport, farmers and fishermen, firefighters and social institutions. And they will last until at least June.
Luís Montenegro spoke at the end of the weekly Council of Ministers meeting.
