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Germany dumps fuel price: Soon you can refuel cheap petrol on the other side of the border | Abroad | DR New fuel discount will make more people drive to Germany to refuel, warns Danish stores. Correction: Earlier it appeared in the article that one billion euros corresponds to approximately 750 billion kroner. It has subsequently been corrected that one billion euros corresponds to 7.5 billion kroner. It is not only in Denmark that petrol prices are rising from there. It has also become significantly more expensive to go out on the kilometer-long, German autobahn. But it will soon be over. From today, the German has introduced a discount on the one that is put on petrol and diesel, and it will apply for the next three months. This means that a liter of German petrol will be 2.62 kroner cheaper, while the discount on a liter of diesel will be at 1.24 kroner. Thus, a liter of petrol can be 4-6 kroner cheaper than in Denmark, which right now costs around 18 kroner. introduces the rebate due to the rising energy prices in the wake of the war in Ukraine, explains DR's Germany correspondent, Michael Reiter. - Germany is a huge country, many commute over long distances, and much of the goods transport takes place on the Germans. So therefore the state is trying to grab private and business people under the arms. The goal has been to restore prices as they looked before the invasion of Ukraine, says Michael Reiter. It is estimated that the discount will only private motorists by more than a billion euros each month, equivalent to about 7.5 billion kroner. The discount applies from 1 June to September 1. Petrol: 35 cents saving, which corresponds to 2.6 kroner (30 cents saving on tax + 5 cents on VAT) Diesel: 17 cents saving, which corresponds to 1.2 kroner. (14 cents saving on tax and 3 cents on VAT) Source: Although the discount is given from today, it is not certain that it will be possible to read on the German meters immediately. Right now the German Competition Authority is keeping a close eye on whether and whether the savings that the oil companies are achieving are really reflected in the petrol prices from today. And Danish motorists should also keep an eye on this before crossing the border. Michael Reiter, correspondent in Germany What the Germans are holding right now is purchased at full price without a discount. In addition, this presupposes that the companies actually lower the price and do not keep the discount themselves, explains German correspondent Michael Reiter. . And Danes should also just keep an eye on this before they cross the border. At the petrol station chain Circle K, it is expected that many Danes will start the car and drive south to refuel German petrol, which is already cheaper than in Denmark. will see a decline in both fuel sales and in-store sales in the stores in Southern Jutland. It can easily be 10-15 percent less fuel sales in the three months the discount lasts, says fuel director at Cirkle K Denmark, Peter Rasmussen. He calls the fuel discount "stupid" and a wrong signal to send. - It is problematic that you make , that people drive to the border and thus spend on picking up something you can buy at home. However, Circle K will not lower prices to prevent customers from driving across the border. up with, says Peter Rasmussen. When more people have driven to Germany to refuel cheaper petrol, they will also refuel sodas, beer and other goods, and it will cost turnover in Danish stores, according to the association De Samvirkende Købmænd. - It can cause cross-border trade to explode to the detriment of the shops far up in Jutland, warns CEO John Wagner. - It may cost turnover and thus employment in the Danish shops. It is not cow n in Denmark that the discount on German fuel taxes meets with criticism. Several German economists have criticized the discount, explains in Germany, Michael Reiter. , which the fuel discount triggers, lead to price increases. Paradoxically, the discount can have the exact opposite than the intended one, says Michael Reiter. Precisely price increases are the reason why the Danish will not introduce a similar discount for petrol and diesel as in Germany. This is what Mette Frederiksen (S) said at a meeting in Brussels on Tuesday. - We have an ongoing discussion of how we, as you can feel when you refuel and in. The more activity we create in the economy, the greater the risk of becoming even greater.