Overview
- ADAC data show diesel averaging €2.306 per litre on Sunday, putting it roughly 1.5 to 2 cents below the March 2022 record, while Super E10 averaged €2.085.
- Global crude prices fell more than 10% on Monday after President Donald Trump said the U.S. would pause attacks on Iranian energy infrastructure for five days, though a rapid pass-through to pump prices is uncertain.
- Germany’s package would allow petrol stations to raise prices only once daily at 12:00 and cut prices anytime, alongside stronger cartel enforcement powers now moving through Bundestag and toward Bundesrat review.
- DIHK and the ADAC are urging a temporary cut of energy and fuel taxes to the EU minimum, estimating reductions of about €0.35 per litre for petrol and €0.17 for diesel.
- Market scrutiny has intensified over wholesale and refinery margins in a diesel-importing Germany with concentrated refining, as economists warn higher fuel costs risk feeding broader inflation and weakening the recovery.