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===Europe=== [[File:Preismast AVIA Walldorf.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Fuel prices in Germany (cents per liter)]] [[File:Morrisons filling station, Wetherby (1st February 2013) 003.JPG|thumb|right|Many supermarkets in Europe have branched into gasoline retailing, as shown by this [[Morrisons]] filling station in [[Wetherby]], [[West Yorkshire]], England]] In [[European Union]] member states, gasoline prices are much higher than in North America due to higher [[fuel excise]] or [[taxation]], although the base price is also higher than in the US. Occasionally, price rises trigger national protests. In the UK, a large-scale protest in August and September 2000, known as '[[Fuel protests in the United Kingdom|The Fuel Crisis]]', caused wide-scale havoc not only across the UK, but also in some other EU countries. The [[First Blair ministry|UK Government]] eventually backed down by indefinitely postponing a planned increase in fuel duty. This was partially reversed during December 2006 when then-[[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] [[Gordon Brown]] raised fuel duty by 1.25 pence per liter. {{Maplink|frame=yes |raw=[ { "type": "ExternalData", "service": "geoshape", "ids": "Q9337", "properties": { "fill": "#f06020", "description": "1.45 β¬/L", "title": "Belgium" } }, { "type": "ExternalData", "service": "geoshape", "ids": "Q20", "properties": { "fill": "#808080", "title": "Norway", "description": "1, β¬/L" } }, { "type": "ExternalData", "service": "geoshape", "ids": "Q35", "properties": { "fill": "#f00000", "title": "Danmark", "description": "1.65 β¬/L" } }, { "type": "ExternalData", "service": "geoshape", "ids": "Q40", "properties": { "fill": "#d0c038", "title": "Austria", "description": "1.33 β¬/L" } }, { "type": "ExternalData", "service": "geoshape", "ids": "Q213", "properties": { "fill": "#d0c038", "title": "Tzechia", "description": "1.30 β¬/L" } }, { "type": "ExternalData", "service": "geoshape", "ids": "Q229", "properties": { "fill": "#d0c038", "title": "Cyprus", "description": "1.32 β¬/L" } }, { "type": "ExternalData", "service": "geoshape", "ids": "Q33", "properties": { "fill": "#f00000", "title": "Finland", "description": "1.56 β¬/L" } }, { "type": "ExternalData", "service": "geoshape", "ids": "Q183", "properties": { "fill": "#f00000", "title": "Germany", "description": "1.51 β¬/L" } }, { "type": "ExternalData", "service": "geoshape", "ids": "Q41", "properties": { "fill": "#f00000", "title": "Greece", "description": "1.64 β¬/L" } }, { "type": "ExternalData", "service": "geoshape", "ids": "Q211", "properties": { "fill": "#d0c038", "title": "Latvia", "description": "1.30 β¬/L" } }, { "type": "ExternalData", "service": "geoshape", "ids": "Q347", "properties": { "fill": "#0101c1", "title": "TBC 347", "description": "1, β¬/L" } }, { "type": "ExternalData", "service": "geoshape", "ids": "Q28", "properties": { "fill": "#47c63e", "title": "Hungary", "description": "1.24 β¬/L" } }, { "type": "ExternalData", "service": "geoshape", "ids": "Q347", "properties": { "fill": "#c101c1", "title": "TBC 347", "description": "1, β¬/L " } }, { "type": "ExternalData", "service": "geoshape", "ids": "Q55", "properties": { "fill": "#f00000", "title": "The Netherlands", "description": "1.68 β¬/L" } }, { "type": "ExternalData", "service": "geoshape", "ids": "Q36", "properties": { "fill": "#47c63e", "title": "Poland", "description": "1.19 β¬/L" } }, { "type": "ExternalData", "service": "geoshape", "ids": "Q45", "properties": { "fill": "#f00000", "title": "Portugal", "description": "1.59 β¬/L" } }, { "type": "ExternalData", "service": "geoshape", "ids": "Q29", "properties": { "fill": "#d0c038", "title": "Spain", "description": "1.33 β¬/L" } }, { "type": "ExternalData", "service": "geoshape", "ids": "Q39", "properties": { "fill": "#808080", "title": "Switzerland", "description": "No communication (not an EU member)" } }, { "type": "ExternalData", "service": "geoshape", "ids": "Q34", "properties": { "fill": "#f00000", "title": "Sweden", "description": "1.53 β¬/L" } }, { "type": "ExternalData", "service": "geoshape", "ids": "Q224", "properties": { "fill": "#f06020", "title": "Croatia", "description": "1.40 β¬/L" } }, { "type": "ExternalData", "service": "geoshape", "ids": "Q37", "properties": { "fill": "#d0c038", "title": "Lithuania", "description": "1.26β¬/L" } }, { "type": "ExternalData", "service": "geoshape", "ids": "Q32", "properties": { "fill": "#d0c038", "title": "Luxembourg", "description": "1.28 β¬/L" } }, { "type": "ExternalData", "service": "geoshape", "ids": "Q214", "properties": { "fill": "#f06020", "title": "Slovakia", "description": "1.41 β¬/L" } }, { "type": "ExternalData", "service": "geoshape", "ids": "Q191", "properties": { "fill": "#f06020", "title": "Estonia", "description": "1.38 β¬/L" } }, { "type": "ExternalData", "service": "geoshape", "ids": "Q215", "properties": { "fill": "#f06020", "title": "Slovenia", "description": "1.36 β¬/L" } }, { "type": "ExternalData", "service": "geoshape", "ids": "Q233", "properties": { "fill": "#f06020", "title": "Malta", "description": "1.36 β¬/L" } }, { "type": "ExternalData", "service": "geoshape", "ids": "Q212429", "properties": { "fill": "#f00000", "title": "France", "description": "1.55 β¬/L" } }, { "type": "ExternalData", "service": "geoshape", "ids": "Q27", "properties": { "fill": "#f06020", "title": "Ireland", "description": "1.46 β¬/L" } }, { "type": "ExternalData", "service": "geoshape", "ids": "Q235, Q239, Q231", "properties": { "fill": "#f06020", "title": "Belgium", "description": "1.45 β¬/L" } }, { "type": "ExternalData", "service": "geoshape", "ids": "Q219", "properties": { "fill": "#47c63e", "title": "Bulgaria", "description": "1.15 β¬/L" } }, { "type": "ExternalData", "service": "geoshape", "ids": "Q38", "properties": { "fill": "#f00000", "title": "Italy", "description": "1.64 β¬/L" } }, { "type": "ExternalData", "service": "geoshape", "ids": "Q218", "properties": { "fill": "#47c63e", "title": "Romania", "description": "1.25 β¬/L" } }, { "type": "ExternalData", "service": "geoshape", "ids": "Q145", "properties": { "fill": "#f06020", "title": "UK", "description": "1.46 β¬/L" } } ] |text=National prices representative of gasoline price (Eurosuper 95) on 24 September 2018, as provided by EU member states<br /> Legend: <br /> {{legend inline|#47c63e|}} < β¬1.25 /L < {{legend inline|#d0c038|}} < β¬1.35 /L < {{legend inline|#f06020|}} < β¬1.50 /L < {{legend inline|#f00000|}} <br /> {{legend inline|#808080|}} Non member state<br /> source European Union DG ENER <ref>{{cite web|url=http://ec.europa.eu/energy/maps/maps_weekly_oil_bulletin/latest_Oil_Prices_ES95.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008150456/http://ec.europa.eu/energy/maps/maps_weekly_oil_bulletin/latest_Oil_Prices_ES95.pdf|url-status=live|title=CONSUMER PRICES OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS (INCLUSIVE OF DUTIES AND TAXES)|archive-date=2017-10-08}}</ref> |frame-width=200|frame-height=170 |frame-lat=50|frame-long=20|zoom=2 }} Since 2007, gasoline prices in the UK rose by nearly 40 pence per liter, going from 97.3 pence per liter in 2007 to 136.8 pence per liter in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.carsandgarages.co.uk/news/31-Petrol-sales-fall-as-prices-soar|title=Cars and Garages: Diagnose Problems, Estimate Costs & Find Garages|access-date=10 June 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150611202631/http://www.carsandgarages.co.uk/news/31-Petrol-sales-fall-as-prices-soar|archive-date=11 June 2015}}</ref> In much of Europe, including the UK, France and Germany, stations operated by large supermarket chains usually price fuel lower than stand-alone stations. In most of mainland Europe, sales tax is lower on diesel fuel than on gasoline, and diesel is accordingly the cheaper fuel: in the UK and Switzerland, diesel has no tax advantage and retails at a higher price by quantity than gasoline (offset by its higher energy yield). In 2014, according to [[Eurostat]], the mean EU28 price was β¬1.38 /L for euro-super 95 (gasoline), β¬1.26 /L for diesel.<ref name="Consumer_prices" /> The least expensive gasoline was in Estonia at β¬1.10 /L, and the most expensive at β¬1.57 /L in Italy.<ref name="Consumer_prices">{{Cite web | url=https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=File:Consumer_prices_of_petroleum_products,_end_of_second_half_2014_%28EUR_per_litre%29_YB15-fr.png |title = File:Consumer prices of petroleum products, end of second half 2014 (EUR per litre) YB15-fr.png - Statistics Explained}}</ref> The least expensive diesel was in Estonia at β¬1.14 /L, and the most expensive at β¬1.54 /L in the UK.<ref name="Consumer_prices" /> The least expensive [[liquefied petroleum gas|LPG]] was in Belgium at β¬0.50 /L, and the most expensive at β¬0.83 /L in France.<ref name="Consumer_prices" />
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