State Secretary Tamás Schanda said fuel prices in Hungary are among the lowest in the European Union thanks to the government’s decision to cap retail petrol and diesel prices at HUF 480 (EUR 1.30) per litre.
The state secretary said the policy to cap fuel prices is an integral part of the government’s scheme to cap utility bills. He said that “unlike the left”, the government believes it has a duty to intervene if price increases threaten the economy and households. Schanda said the policy had lowered the per litre prices of petrol and diesel by 26 forints and 32 forints, respectively. He said opposition prime ministerial candidate Péter Márki-Zay opposed government intervention in the price of fuel and instead urged people to “buy smaller cars”.
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