Consumer experts: German petrol hikes rule won't bring down prices

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2026-04-02

Berlin (dpa) - A new rule that prohibits Germany's petrol stations from hiking prices more than once day is unlikely to bring down costs for motorists, consumer experts said on Thursday one day after the restriction took effect. "At the moment, it doesn't look as though the new rule will actually make filling up any cheaper," Ramona Pop, head of the Federation of German Consumer Organizations, told dpa. Indeed, the average price for a litre of di......

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