Overview

• Article 30 of the draft Finance Bill sets a 4.05 cent per liter increase on diesel and an equivalent cut on gasoline, unifying the excise at €672.90 per 1,000 liters.
• The Council of Ministers approved the text and sent it to Parliament for review.
• The government frames the adjustment as removing an “environmentally harmful subsidy” starting in 2026.
• Official data show excise duties averaged €0.7134/l for gasoline and €0.6324/l for diesel in Q3 2025, with excise plus VAT making up roughly 56–60% of pump prices.
• Sector surveys report slight week-on-week declines at the pump and higher prices on motorways, and coverage notes the change may be barely perceptible for many drivers.