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The French government has announced plans to allow retailers to sell fuel at a loss - even though French law currently prohibits doing so - with hopes that the measure will bring down prices at the pump for consumers.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

This is probably just going to cause small individual retailers to go under while being taken over by larger groups. This is a bad move that isn't even going to move prices in a meaningful way.