On Thursday, March 26, Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced the CPN package – Fuel Prices lower. According to his announcements, the prices of fuel stations should fall by about PLN 1.2 per litre. This is the government's consequence to the fast emergence in oil prices due to the mediate East War and the blockade of the Strait of Ormuz by Iran Prime Minister: People around the planet endure consequences– For many days, not only we, Poles, but people around the planet have suffered the consequences of the war in the mediate East. These consequences in Poland are primarily fuel prices, which we all see at petrol stations," said Prime Minister Donald Tusk at a peculiar press conference yesterday (quotes behind a government announcement). present (Friday 27 March) they are to be placed on the president's desk. VAT, excise duty, maximum retail priceWhat is simply a fresh government solution? The simplification of VAT rates from 23% to 8%, the simplification of excise work on fuel to the minimum level permitted by EU legislation, i.e. by 29 gr on petrol and 28 gr on diesel and the introduction of a maximum retail fuel
price.Tusk reserved that the maximum price would be fixed each day. This is, as the Prime Minister said, a solution for the war crisis. – We remember from the past that it was possible to reduce VAT and excise duties, but nevertheless it turned out that the final prices for the client not only did not decrease, but even grew. Therefore, our package is not only to trigger the possibilities of the state, but besides to prevent making money on the pocket of Polish taxpayers and drivers – he added: "If the Sejm, the legislature and the president want to support us in this work, then before Easter we should all see prices reduced by about PLN 1.20 per litre of each fuel. Analyst: The energy crisis will not be over soonThis – as experts emphasize in conversation with TVN24+ – a clear phrase and acceleration. Analysts expected that possible decisions would be made only after the weekend erstwhile the ultimatum of Donald Trump directed to Iran passed. “This means 1 thing: the government – in constant contact with American partners – assumes that the energy crisis will not be over quickly. In another words, we request to slow tame ourselves with the thought that this is not a temporary dulling," said TVN24+ Piotr Arak, chief economist of VeloBank. And he added: "All points to the fact that the baseline script is not being implemented, but alternatively the more pessimistic one. Especially erstwhile it comes to inflation and life costs. Read also: