The President of the Liberal Initiative (IL) this Monday insisted on reducing the tax burden on fuel prices, given that every day that passes is another day in which the Portuguese are “unnecessarily tested.”
“At a time when, on the one hand, the Portuguese are faced with enormous difficulties, and on the other hand, there are huge tax revenues from the state, every day is spent on reducing the impact of this tax burden. As for fuel prices, this is the day when the Portuguese are put to another needless test,” said Rui Rocha.
The IL leader, speaking to reporters in Funchal on the sidelines of the campaign for Sunday’s Madeira legislative elections, recalled that cutting fuel taxes had been a “long-standing” issue. liberals who even ran a poster campaign on the issue.
“The reality here in Portugal is that a very large part of the final price of fuel is charged, and this is particularly serious, it always happens, but it is especially serious at a time when people are really experiencing a lot of difficulties,” he highlighted.
On Saturday the government guaranteed it would keep an eye on fuel prices given recent increases, promising a “willingness to act to protect families” if “absolutely necessary”.
“We are assessing and must evaluate what will happen in terms of the evolution of prices, whether we are at an exclusively temporary peak that then returns or not,” Finance Minister Fernando Medina told reporters at the end of the Portuguese people. meeting of EU finance ministers, which took place in Santiago de Compostela as part of the Spanish Presidency of the EU.
The government official stressed that the Portuguese executive “has already demonstrated its ability and willingness to act to protect families when it becomes absolutely necessary.”
Asked if the government was considering taking action now, Fernando Medina said: “We will, if necessary, [mas] now we need to understand if this is the dynamics of the peak […] and markets […] indicate a significant drop in prices in the near future.”
On Sunday, the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, expressed confidence that the government is “aware” of rising fuel prices and is “preparing measures or at least ways to mitigate the situation, since it is a situation that greatly affects inflation in Portugal and other countries.” European countries.”
“I mean, our [inflação] “is still relatively low, but given our inflation, there is no doubt that fuel, both in Europe and in the world, is again a heavy burden,” the head of state added, speaking to reporters in Toronto on the last day official visit to Canada.
In early September, the government decided to maintain petroleum tax rebates at 13.1 cents per liter for diesel and 15.3 cents per liter for this month, as well as suspend the carbon tax update.
Among the current measures are a discount on ISP, equivalent to a reduction in the VAT rate from 23% to 13%, as well as compensation through a tax on petroleum products for additional VAT revenues arising from an increase in the amount of VAT. fuel price.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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