Fuel prices for petrol and diesel are once again causing concern in Italy. On Saturday in Milan, a price of €2.6 per litre for petrol was recorded at a filling station in the city centre. While opposition parties accuse the government of not having done enough to prevent a new economic crisis, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Minister for Business and Made in Italy Adolfo Urso are working on new measures to keep petrol prices in check.
Fuel prices in Italy have been rising since 3 July, when the cut in excise duties introduced by the government at the outbreak of the war between the US and Iran to tackle the price emergency came to an end. On Sunday, the ministry headed by Urso reported that, according to the latest data collected by the Fuel Price Observatory, the average price in "self-service" mode on the national road network stands at €1.981 per litre for petrol and €2.184 per litre for diesel. On the motorway network, meanwhile, the average self-service price is €2.071 per litre for petrol and €2.255 per litre for diesel.
