Average EU diesel price hits record 2.23 euros a litre: AFP analysis
- The fresh peak -- equivalent to $9.63 per US gallon -- comes as the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine have choked off crude supplies and damaged refineries, causing energy prices to surge worldwide.
- Nineteen EU countries including Germany, France and Italy have registered record average prices, according to weekly data going back to 2005.
- Among the countries setting new records, Denmark and Finland have reported the highest prices, at 2.56 euros per litre of diesel, followed by Germany at 2.46 euros.
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- The fresh peak -- equivalent to $9.63 per US gallon -- comes as the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine have choked off crude supplies and damaged refineries, causing energy prices to surge worldwide.
- Nineteen EU countries including Germany, France and Italy have registered record average prices, according to weekly data going back to 2005.
- Among the countries setting new records, Denmark and Finland have reported the highest prices, at 2.56 euros per litre of diesel, followed by Germany at 2.46 euros.
Sources: France 24