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03Apr 2026

Friday, April 3, at B1.ro, discussing with Gabriela Mihai about the strangeness at the pump on Friday morning: 8.59 lei / liter of petrol at Rompetrol, in the conditions that Rompetrol brings the oil from Kazakhstan versus ... 9.22 lei / liter of petrol at Petrom stations, although the refined oil is predominantly domestic, extracted right here in Romania (65% of the refined oil at Petrobrazi is Romanian according to the statements of the company's bosses) Finally, we talked about the need to have a more moderate consumption in the next period. #FuelPrice #gasprices #crisismode

01Apr 2026

TVR Info

On Wednesday, April 1, on TVR News, in the program "Who makes the law", I explained how repeated and imperceptible increases in the excise tax over the last 2 years led (cumulatively) to a doubling of it, a treacherous tactic deliberately adopted in order not to alarm drivers. How did it come to seem normal to pay for the liter of fuel twice? At the restaurant, we do not pay the 300 lei bill and the 300 lei tip to the waiter.

31Mar 2026

Other

Between gasoline and incompetence! Eugenia Gusilov, energy expert, at PARADOXAL ROMANIA with Tatulici. On Wednesday, April 1, 2026, from 18:00, Mihai Tatulici's guest on PARADOXAL ROMANIA is Eugenia Gusilov, energy expert. Topics covered: Who is Eugenia Gusilov? What is ROEC? Why don't we know simple things We pay, politicians squander Who claims that Romania is doing badly? Not much, but thank you Stupidity consumes a lot of gasoline and diesel Life always catches us off guard

30Mar 2026

Digi24

Dialogue from March 30, on Digi24, with Cosmin Prelipceanu, when the government had just announced that it would adjust the excise duty (albeit only on diesel) - a step forward, which I welcomed, hoping that we would see a more substantial reduction, of about 45%, not 11% at all (which was approved yesterday). To put things in context, the excise duty on diesel in Romania is 2.8 lei/liter. This means that, a reduction of: ... 45% would mean -1.26 lei / liter 25% would mean -0.7 lei / liter 15% would mean -0.42 lei / liter 5% would mean -0.14 lei / liter And what was voted, the reduction of excise duty by 11% means 0.3 lei / liter. Help, rather de minimis. The problem of excessive fuel taxation is far from being solved.

30Mar 2026

Other

Eugenia Gusilov's dialogue with Gabriel Bejan, for HotNews.ro about how the energy crisis caught us: the local specifics, the relationship and the energy problems in the Republic of Moldova, international context, if we can go back to Russia for oil and gas (no) and lessons for the future from this crisis.

30Mar 2026

Antena 3

On March 30, on Antena 3, talking about the government's plans for Monday. In the meantime, the excise tax reduction plans have also evolved: if at the end of the week there was talk of a reduction between 10% and 40%, on Monday we already learned that it would be a reduction of a maximum of 25%, and today (Wednesday, April 1), the Ministry of Finance announces that it is considering a reduction of only 5%-15% of the excise tax. Also on Monday, I learned from the prime minister that the discount will only apply to diesel. #FuelPrice #DieselPrice #romania

30Mar 2026

Digi24

Interaction from Monday, March 30, when the government had not yet decided by how much to reduce the excise duty and there was talk (according to sources) of a flexible excise duty, which would then decrease starting with 10% up to 45%, depending on the price of crude oil. On Tuesday, there was talk of a 10% excise tax reduction up to a maximum of 25%. On Wednesday, we learn that the excise tax reduction will only be between 5% and 15%. ... And today, Thursday, April 2, it was decided to reduce the excise duty on diesel by only ... 30 bani / liter, i.e. 10%. #diesel #excise duty #fuel price

30Mar 2026

My discussion today, at B1.ro, with Gabriela Mihai, while waiting for the government's decision regarding the design of the "flexible excise tax" - the variant of reductions granted with a pipette, which reflects the government's lack of desire to act in fiscal terms.

27Mar 2026

Digi24

"The surgery was a success, but unfortunately the patient died". In the 90s, this expression was circulating regarding the shock therapy preached by famous economists from Harvard (Jeffrey Sachs) and applied at the beginning of the 90s to post-communist Russia. Today, we must avoid the scenario in which the reduction of the budget deficit in Romania (the operation) will be a success, at the price of sacrificing the Romanian economy (the patient). Action on taxation (reduction of excise duty and VAT) are the most effective (and liberal) levers to reduce fuel prices. Romania must return to the minimum excise duty allowed in the EU, a level it practices, together with countries such as Bulgaria, in 2023. Breaking away from the regional platoon (countries comparable to us such as Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia, Czech Republic) and moving Romania into the group of countries with the highest fuel prices in the European Union (Germany, France, Finland) is not sustainable. The fact that Romanians ended up paying twice as much as an American (4.5 lei/liter) or a Japanese (5.3 lei/liter) is an anomaly, which the Romanian economy will not be able to bear. My discussion on Friday, March 27, on the Digi24 set, with Cristi Citre on this topic. #fuels #petrol #diesel

26Mar 2026

Digi24

On Tuesday, March 26, at Digi24, we also talked about fuels, but with an emphasis on stocks. An overlooked aspect is the fact that only 56% of Romania's emergency stocks (the 2 million tons) are on the national territory. The location of stocks must be in the country in a much larger proportion to avoid unpleasant situations in which problems arise in accessing them. If we rely only on the stocks in the country, it means that they do not cover 4 months, but half. So, in theory we have reserves for 4 months, and in practice for 2.

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