The announcements of the government for the new intervention in the fuel are expected in the middle of next week, which will come into force from the 1st of July and lasts for three months, that is until the end of September.
According to the available information, which is also confirmed by government officials, the measure will be strengthened in relation to the previous intervention, both in terms of the number of beneficiaries and the amounts they will receive.
The statement made yesterday by SKAI, the Minister of Finance, Christos Staikouras, referring to the fuel pass, that “it is being considered to give more money and to expand the income criteria”, is typical.
The road to a bolder package was paved after the release of budget execution data last Wednesday, which showed a significant exceedance of the tax revenue target for both the 5 months (January-May) of 2002 and the last month.
At the same time, the forecast for the coming months is particularly positive in terms of revenues that will arise for the state and this is because the course of tourism seems to be positive. Executives of the financial staff consider that it is very conservative, based on the available data, the forecast contained in the budget, for revenues this year that will correspond to 80% of those of 2019.
Therefore, they imply that additional budgetary space will be created, in order to finance additional interventions, in support of society.
According to the information so far, as reported by APE-MPE, the content of the measures has been “locked” and details remain, such as the amount of the subsidy and the selection criteria of the beneficiaries.
Let’s see in detail what the new package of measures will provide, to the extent that some things have become known, which will only concern fuel.
It will last for three months and will be valid from July 1 and will end on September 30.
For diesel the subsidy will continue to be given to the pump and will probably be higher than it is today.
The fuel pass system will continue for petrol. The amount of the subsidy will be higher than the previous one.
The fuel pass measure will concern more people. Information states that it will be for those who have a family income of up to 45,000 euros (net after tax).
At the same time, after a long time, the prices of “black gold” fell significantly and from 124 euros on Wednesday, they were just over 113 dollars per barrel. The euro fell slightly against the dollar in the area of 1.05.
Finally, according to the data of the Ministry of Development, the average price in the country of unleaded gasoline was last Thursday at 2,430 euros per liter and diesel at 2,078 euros per liter.
