Fuel prices at German service stations have risen sharply in the second week following the outbreak of war in the Middle East.
On Tuesday, the average price of one litre of Super E10 climbed to €2.045, an increase of 14.8 cents compared to the previous week, according to a spokesperson for the ADAC who told the dts news agency. Diesel averaged €2.188, up 27.1 cents week on week.
Amid the steadily higher prices, pressure on politicians to act has intensified. Mecklenburg‑Vorpommern’s Minister President Manuela Schwesig called on the federal government to take stronger action. “There is nothing that justifies the rise in gasoline prices in Germany” she told the “Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland”. She urged that the government be subjected to antitrust rules.
An SPD politician outlined an alternative: a fuel‑price brake and a claw‑back of profits from oil companies. “We are facing a situation similar to 2022” she said, adding that the state had intervened then.
Meanwhile, the parliamentary manager of the Union faction in the Bundestag, talking before the coalition committee, proposed that stations in Germany, like those in Austria, be allowed to change prices only once per day. “A proposal like this has merits. It could be a swift and effective reaction” Bilger told RTL and ntv on Wednesday.
