TotalEnergies Fuel Prices: Cap Extended in France – July 2024

Several dozen heavy goods vehicles march in Rodez to demand urgent aid

The rise in fuel prices is weakening road hauliers. In Rodez, several dozen heavy goods vehicles paraded on March 31, 2026, hoping to avoid the bankruptcy of many local businesses. Read this article .

Lithuania halves train ticket prices amid soaring fuel prices

Lithuanian Railways announced on Tuesday that it would halve the price of all train tickets on the national network in response to the surge in fuel prices caused by the war in the Middle East.

The 50% reduction will apply from April 1 to May 31, on all domestic journeys and for all classes. It can be combined with existing discounts, in particular those granted to students and seniors, the public company LTG and the Ministry of Transport indicated in a press release.

The EU calls on the 27 to act in a “coordinated” manner in the face of the oil surge

The European Commission on Tuesday called on member states to act in a “coordinated” manner in the face of the surge in oil prices due to the war in the Middle East. Energy ministers meet Tuesday afternoon by videoconference to assess the energy situation. “We must act together, in true Union,” demanded shortly before Commissioner Dan Jorgensen, who believes that member states “should refrain from taking measures likely to increase fuel consumption.”

Snail operation for truck drivers in Toulouse organized tomorrow

Around a hundred trucks and professional vehicles are expected this Wednesday, April 1, from 10 a.m., in the streets of Toulouse. A supervised mobilization but which should lead to significant slowdowns in the city center. We explain where things might get stuck in this article.

The CGT demands a “price freeze” for fuels

Sophie Binet, general secretary of the CGT, castigated the government, which is “putting measures in place” in the face of “a situation at least as serious as the oil shock of 1973”. “We don’t hear about the workers, all the employees who need to take their car to go to work and cannot make ends meet,” she laments.

According to her, the increase in fuel prices is “unjustified, it is pure speculation”. She pleads for “a freezing of energy prices” which would cost “nothing to the state coffers and would already make it possible to stabilize prices”.

Motorhome owners reduce the number of kilometers without giving up hitting the road

The increase in fuel costs, due to the war inflaming the Middle East, is reducing the number of people visiting motorhome areas. The price of a liter sometimes exceeds 2.10 euros and forces travelers to limit their travel. At the Saint-Martin area, in Auch (Gers), motorhome owners are changing their habits. Read the report .

Price capping at Total stations boosts sales

Huge success for Total service stations, which capped fuel prices around 2 euros. Result: motorists rush to these stations, sometimes causing compulsory rationing or even shortages.

“In March 2025, we sold a little more than 12,000 liters. Last week, when I looked, we were around 50,000 liters,” indicates Pierre Cayron, director of Energies Haute-Tarentaise at RMC.

Why oil refiners’ margins are ‘abnormally high’

The margins of refiners, such as Total, have increased fourfold since the start of the war in the Middle East, according to the French Union of Petroleum Industries which measures their gross margins every week.

The French Union of Petroleum Industries specifies that this margin includes the profits of refineries as well as their investments and production costs while admitting that the latter have not quadrupled in one month. Ufip explains that this increase is in reality dictated by global supply tensions because the strong competition to obtain fuel mechanically pushes prices upwards.

Although this “abnormally high” margin, in the words of Ufip, contributes to the surge at the pump suffered by motorists, economist Thierry Bros believes that it would be counterproductive to cap it. He explained on RMC that “French refineries would find themselves less competitive than other European refineries”. According to him “in a world where there is a shortage of barrels of oil, the available barrels would preferably go to refineries other than French. If you do that, you create additional shortages.”

👉 Why the government refuses to apply the “check policy”

The executive has agreed to help certain professionals strongly impacted by the rise in the price of gasoline, but refuses to generalize this aid to all French people. The RN and LFI hope to take advantage of the growing discontent. Read this article .