Subsidies for unleaded petrol and diesel on the islands to begin in October, Santorinios says
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A measure subsidising unleaded petrol and diesel on the Greek islands is due to go into effect in October, Alternate Shipping and Island Policy Minister Nektarios Santorinios said on Tuesday in an interview with the Athens-Macedonian News Agency’s radio station Praktoreio 104.9 FM.
“We are currently in the process of legislating. Our target is October 1. The truth is that we are very close to this date and I do not know if we will manage it but this measure will begin in October,” he said and added: “It will be a measure to subsidise the cost of transporting fuel to islands, mainly based on whether the island is small or large, whether it has sufficient petrol stations or not, and its distance from urban centers. Our goal is to achieve a maximum cost difference per litre – either for unleaded petrol or for diesel – of about 10 to 15 cents at most. This means that we can avoid these outrageous differences that we saw in the summer and continue to still see in some cases.”
Asked about the prospect of discounts on cruise tickets for Greek tourists, he noted: “It is in the framework of the transport equivalent. Islanders’ tickets are already financed with the difference in cost compared to road transport.”
Source: ANA-MPA