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Fuel subsidies buy time as Mitsotakis looks to Brussels
The government has rolled out a fresh round of fuel subsidies ahead of a winter it expects to be costly in both energy and political terms. At the same time, it is signalling that any further relief depends less on Athens than on Brussels, where PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis will press EU leaders for extra fiscal flexibility at the European Council opening today.
The package was set out on Wednesday by Environment and Energy Minister Stavros Papastavrou and Deputy Finance Minister Thanos Petralias. It introduces direct state subsidies at the pump from 15 to 31 October: 20 cents per litre on heating oil, 15 cents...
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