FRENCH FUEL TAX CUT PLAN OPPOSED BY EURO-GROUP MINISTERS
June 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A FRENCH government plan to reduce fuel taxes to ease petrol and diesel price increases across the European Union (EU) has been opposed by finance ministers within the Eurogroup - countries using the EU's Euro currency. They opposed the idea for encouraging car use, making drivers more vulnerable to price rises in the long term.
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A FRENCH government plan to reduce fuel taxes to ease petrol and diesel price increases across the European Union (EU) has been opposed by finance ministers within the Eurogroup - countries using the EU's Euro currency. They opposed the idea for encouraging car use, making drivers more vulnerable to price rises in the long term.
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