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Høyre called off the fuel crisis. But these charts tell a different story.

From Aftenposten · () Norwegian

Translated from Norwegian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Høyre leader Ine Eriksen Søreide described the situation as an extraordinary and unpredictable crisis after the Iran war drove oil prices sharply higher.
  • Fuel taxes were reinstated in the first week of September, while European diesel prices climbed close to their March peak.
  • Søreide said she could not answer questions about diesel prices, citing a political truce in the Storting.

Ine Eriksen Søreide called it a "completely extraordinary situation." The Høyre leader said the Iran war had driven oil prices sharply higher and described the crisis from the Storting podium as serious and "very unpredictable."

Yet the fuel crisis looked different in the charts. Fuel taxes returned during the first week of September, while European diesel prices rose almost to the peak reached in March.

A completely extraordinary situation.

· Ine Eriksen SøreideSøreide's description of the fuel-price situation.

Søreide said she could not answer questions about diesel prices, referring to the political truce in the Storting.

Very unpredictable.

· Ine Eriksen SøreideHer characterization of the crisis in the Storting.
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