This is how prices increased after the expiration of CPN. “The government did everything”
The government has done everything to protect drivers from the global fuel price crisis for as long as possible, said the Minister of Energy on TVN24.
At the beginning of September, the second edition of the Lower Fuel Prices (CPN) package, valid from August 17 to 31, became history. Let us remind you that the basis of the reactivated package (the “first” CPN operated from the end of March to the end of June) was two solutions:
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reduced VAT rate on fuels – from 23 to 8 percent.
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maximum retail price of petrol and diesel.
Thus, on September 1, the VAT rate on fuels returned to the standard level, and the maximum prices at gas stations set by the government ceased to apply. As reported by RMF FM radio, on Tuesday morning Warsaw drivers paid PLN 7.64 for a liter of the popular “95”, while the day before it was PLN 6.64, i.e. PLN 1 less. The price of diesel increased even more, yesterday it cost PLN 8.49/l, and on August 31 it was PLN 7.31.
End of CPN. Motyka “The government did everything”
The Minister of Energy spoke about the expiration of the CPN package on Tuesday in “Fakty po Faktach” on TVN24. Miłosz Motyka emphasized that the government had done everything to protect drivers from high fuel prices for as long as possible.
– The government and the Ministry of Finance have done everything to protect drivers from the global fuel price crisis for as long as possible – a period of several months, plus these two weeks – for which no one in Poland or anyone in Europe is responsible, only the situation in the Middle East. And this is where we should direct – I am talking about appeals from the opposition, among others. President Kaczyński – suggestions and conclusions regarding the crisis on the fuel price market – the head of the Ministry of Energy said on TVN24. – We spent citizens’ funds, in the form of PLN 5 billion, to make these prices lower – he added.
Estimates of the Ministry of Finance show that the first version of the CPN package cost the state budget approximately PLN 4.7 billion. The cost of the second part of the package is estimated at PLN 495 million.
