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Germany is preparing for a huge increase in gasoline and diesel prices. The country is failing to reduce carbon dioxide emissions according to the government’s plan, and the government is said to want to discourage people from using internal combustion engines. Fuel prices could rise by more than half there. The information leaked from internal material from the German government. It is said that nothing like this is planned in the Czech Republic yet.
At petrol stations in Germany, a liter of petrol could cost over 57 crowns after rising. In the Czech Republic, 34 crowns. On a 50-liter tank, this represents a difference of up to 1,200 crowns. “Germany will experience a flight to other countries for cheaper petrol. Truck transport will try to plan trips so that it does not refuel in Germany at all,” said economist Lukáš Kovanda.
German drivers are upset. And they claim that they will go to the Czech Republic to refuel all the more. But this is good news for gas station operators on the Czech-German border. “What do you expect? A huge increase. Every former East German saves every penny. There will be queues across borders again,” thinks the owner of the gas station, Jindřich Šnek.
Czech road hauliers are afraid of the situation from the 1990s, when they were allowed to go to Germany with only 200 liters of fuel. “There will be some tanks added to the car and we will stop refueling in Germany,” said car transport owner Věroslav Kollert.
In the Czech Republic, fuel prices should remain roughly the same. The Ministry of Finance does not plan any tax increases. “From the economic point of view, the Czech Republic is another federal state of Germany. A significant increase in fuels in Germany will increase production costs, and we will then import more expensive products,” said economist Štěpán Křeček.
It is not yet clear when and whether there will be a jump in Germany at all. The situation may be affected by the outcome of the elections to the Federal Assembly at the end of September.
Martin Felix, a spokesman for the association of car carriers ČESMAD Bohemia, responded live in Televizní noviny:
Jan Houška TN.cz
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