Fuels: TotalEnergies will maintain its cap at 1.99 euros in 2024, assures Bruno Le Maire

The capping of fuel prices at 1.99 euros at TotalEnergies stations will be maintained in 2024. This is assured by the Minister of the Economy, who was a guest on RTL this Wednesday morning. Bruno Le Maire indicated that he had spoken with the CEO of the hydrocarbon giant Patrick Pouyanné, who “made the commitment to maintain this cap at 1.99 euros for all its fuels, in all its stations, for the whole year 2024.” “I welcome this commitment because it is real protection,” insisted the minister.

The boss of TotalEnergies had threatened at the beginning of the month to put an end to this cap, in force since February, in the event of an extension of the exceptional tax on the “superprofits” of oil companies, discussed as part of the finance bill for 2024 , and currently under discussion in the National Assembly. This measure ultimately does not appear in the text. “A nation advances when everyone collectively makes an effort” declared Bruno Le Maire on RTL. “On fuel it works because Total has made a commitment that I welcome,” he judged.

The boss of Bercy also estimated that future prices of oil and therefore fuel will depend “on what is happening in the Middle East: if the crisis remains local, the consequences will be local. Today they are limited, if tomorrow there is an extension of the conflict in the region, the consequences will be much heavier, in particular on energy prices,” he warned, referring to the conflict. between Israel and Hamas.