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Fuel crisis: stations, users and professionals face rising prices

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Fact 29 of 39 in the story · Wednesday 28 October, 10h29

TotalEnergies poised to publish exceptional profits thanks to fuel price surge

Ahead of the publication of its quarterly results, TotalEnergies highlights the role of its price cap in protecting purchasing power.

Category
Economy
Severity
Low
Place

National

Detected
28 Oct, 10h29
Updated
28 Oct, 19h45
Reference
no.2643
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Who is covering it, and from what angle

Method
1Left
1Centre

2 articles · 2 sources · 2 bords sur 3 · outlets: left 1, centre 1, right 0

Story angles

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All three sides cover the same fuel price increase, but the left emphasizes TotalEnergies' profits and social difficulties, the center focuses on local and professional effects, and the right highlights government measures and the expected decrease.

Left

The left underscores TotalEnergies' profits and the difficulties of working-class people, with user testimonies and solutions such as carpooling. It also highlights assistance for high-mileage drivers.

Centre

The center prioritizes local consequences: influx to TotalEnergies stations, accidents on the A35, concerns of market gardeners and driving schools, and unfair competition denounced by fuel retailers. It also reports the collapse in fuel sales and the promised decrease in November.

Right

The right insists on public measures: assistance for high-mileage drivers, employer bonus, decree on strategic stocks, and a decrease of 12 to 18 centimes expected on November 1. It also highlights the collapse in consumption and a minister's reassuring remarks.

Common points

  • =The rise in fuel prices is the starting point of the dossier.
  • =Users and professionals are described as affected by this increase.
  • =Public aid or price cuts are mentioned as responses.

Divergences

  • ≠The left highlights TotalEnergies' profits, with the figure of 8.9 billion and the 'war profiteers' angle; this angle does not appear in the right-wing excerpts.
  • ≠The center details local situations such as accidents on the A35, unfair competition denounced by fuel retailers, or driving schools; these elements are not picked up in the left and right excerpts.
  • ≠The right insists on the decree releasing strategic stocks and on a decrease of 12 to 18 centimes on November 1; the left does not mention this in the provided excerpts.
  • ≠The center and right report a consumption drop of up to -40%; the left does not mention this figure in the provided excerpts.

Written by an AI from headlines and extracts only of all events in the story · 28 Oct, 20h27

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Publication order
  1. 10h29
    BFMTV / RMCCentreWirevia BFMTV – Info en continu28 Oct
    "À situation exceptionnelle, chiffres exceptionnels": grâce à la flambée du carburant, Totalenergies s'apprête à publier des bénéfices encore plus énormes qu'au trimestre précédant

    En amont de la publication jeudi de ses résultats trimestriels, qui s'annoncent "exceptionnels", Totalenergies démine le terrain en rappelant le rôle de son plafonnement des prix dans la protection du pouvoir d'achat.

  2. 19h45
    Révolution PermanenteFar leftOpinion28 Oct
    Profiteurs de guerre : Total engrange 8,9 milliards de profit sur le dos des travailleurs

    Alors que l'inflation et la flambée des prix des carburants frappent les classes populaires, TotalEnergies s'apprête à publier des bénéfices records. Portée par la hausse du brut et la spéculation, la multinationale confirme son statut de profiteur de guerre. Notre Classe / Grève générale / Grèves raffineries / Total / Carburants / Contrôle ouvrier / Inflation / Profits

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