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"Never has it been so expensive to fill up our tanks and it would be madness to impose an extra increase of 23 centimes on the price of a litre of diesel at the pumps! Therefore, I welcome our assembly’s vote to reject an unjustified increase in taxation and its refusal to tax not only the CO
emissions from diesel, but also its energy efficiency. In environmental terms, this was an aberration, as it amounted to the tax on diesel being 9% higher than that on petrol. In other words, the most efficient and therefore the cleanest energy would have been subject to punitive tax levels. Moreover, given the severity of the crisis that has hit the automotive industry, we can see that such a measure could only weaken a key component of the European economy which, let me remind you, provides work for millions of people. I have no doubt that the Council will follow our opinion and will reject this measure, which, as you will have understood, would be detrimental to purchasing power, jobs and, irony of ironies, the environment!"@en1
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