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The ban on combustion engines will then be history.

— Friedrich Merz, German Chancellor, summarizing the Franco-German agreement on the future of combustion engines.

From a consumer's perspective, this renewed price increase is therefore difficult to understand.

— By Verkehrsclub Deutschland (the motorists' association), commenting on the consumer perspective regarding the renewed price rise in fuels.

The citizens in our countries are currently seeing how the oil companies are taking advantage of the situation, ripping off, and sharply increasing their profits.

— Lars Klingbeil, in Dublin, commenting on EU-level measures (price cap and windfall tax).

The Federal Cartel Office must promptly obtain the necessary information about markets in order to protect consumers.

— Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Katherina Reiche, told Bild newspaper, in relation to reports about the cartel office's information orders concerning fuel prices

Show me one vehicle that has been damaged because of E20 petrol.

— Nitin Gadkari, Union road transport minister; dismissed claims that E20 petrol damages engines and challenged critics to show a single vehicle damaged by E20.

Against the backdrop of a days-long, generally stable crude oil price and the long-standing overpriced price levels at the pumps, this course of action is, in the ADAC's view, sharply criticized.

— ADAC (Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club), via the Munich-based Automobile Club, stated this.

The tank discount does indeed increase demand for oil and gas. That leads to further price increases, which helps foreign exporters, but not those who drive cars and have to heat their homes.

— Ottmar Edenhofer, economist, in an interview with Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland