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From the Guardian: Are the French hit especially hard by fuel taxes?
Short answer: No, not more than some other European countries.
Long answer (click above link to see EU country-cost graphics) - excerpt:
They are at the same level as Sweden, and - ok, it's pretty cold up there - but the Swedes are not wrecking downtown Stockholm. Yes, the Italians are also at the same price level, and Rome IS warmer than Paris, but neither are they wrecking the Colosseum.
Only in France are some young nerds causing damage that is reckoned at more than 3M€. About three hundred will be passing before a judge this week ...
Short answer: No, not more than some other European countries.
Long answer (click above link to see EU country-cost graphics) - excerpt:
Despite a backdrop of riots against high fuel levies in France, European commission data shows that taxes on all petrol products have actually fallen in the last two years across the euro-zone. The level has fallen from almost 70% of the cost for consumers at the pump to 60.9% at the end of November. In France, it is a similar story, with taxes on fuel (before the increased levy on diesel kicks in) accounting for a smaller proportion of total prices than they did at the start of Emmanuel Macron’s presidency.
The data shows the Netherlands has the highest tax on unleaded petrol in the EU, at 68% of the cost at the pump, while Bulgaria is the lowest at 51%. France’s fuel taxes – 64% on unleaded and 59% on diesel – are among the highest in the EU, but compare evenly with those in the UK.
“It’s often said taxes on diesel and petrol have never been higher than today,” said ... the executive director of Transport & Environment, a non-governmental organisation. “The reality is that, in real terms, fuel taxes are about as high now as they were 20 years ago.”
They are at the same level as Sweden, and - ok, it's pretty cold up there - but the Swedes are not wrecking downtown Stockholm. Yes, the Italians are also at the same price level, and Rome IS warmer than Paris, but neither are they wrecking the Colosseum.
Only in France are some young nerds causing damage that is reckoned at more than 3M€. About three hundred will be passing before a judge this week ...