“With this decision, the AD (Democratic Alliance coalition) government is maintaining the increase in fuel taxes (ISP, carbon levy and VAT) that it has implemented since taking office in April 2024,” says the statement. The PS rail against the fact that fuel is “much more expensive”, yet the government continues “to make money by charging more tax per litre of fuel”. The government cannot continue to be the only one to gain while all Portuguese people lose out,” says the party. According to Socialists’ calculations, fuel taxes currently amount to €0.09 per litre of diesel and €0.06 per litre of petrol more than when the AD took office. This indicator is a weekly average calculated by ERSE, taking into account international prices for refined fuels, freight costs, logistics, reserves, biofuels, retail prices and taxes – and prices vary across various brands.