Gasoline prices in Spain reached new highs this week, offsetting government attempts to compensate drivers, the newspaper La Vanguarda reported on Thursday.
Premium 95-octane unleaded petrol (Eurosuper 95) now costs €1.968 per liter on average in Spain, which represents a weekly increase of 1.44%, the publication reported, citing this week’s data from the European Union Oil Bulletin. In year-on-year terms, a liter of gasoline is 48% more expensive and the price of diesel fuel has shot up by 56%.
Meanwhile, according to Fuelo, the biggest online petrol station map in Europe, the average price of 95-octane unleaded petrol climbed even higher on Thursday to €2.09 per liter.
The Spanish government introduced a subsidy of 20 euro cents per liter in April to compensate drivers for the rising cost of fuel, but, according to La Vanguarda, the increase in prices has wiped out roughly three quarters of the subsidy for gasoline.