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How much are we paying in fuel taxes?

October 10, 2019

Are Europeans paying more at the pump because of increasing taxes?

How much more taxes petrol car drivers pay over diesel drivers, even though diesel is the main responsible for the air pollution crisis in our cities? Which EU countries have managed to eliminate diesel’s unfair fiscal advantage? In which EU countries palm oil diesel pays zero tax?

Answers to all these questions – and more – can be found in T&E’s interactive tool based on datasets of fuel consumption taxes for road transport in all 28 EU member states since 1995. Click here to find out more.

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