Direct Democracy Cyprus has submitted a law proposal to make permanent the cut of 8.3 cents a litre in excise duty on motor fuel. If parliament passes it and it is not ruled unconstitutional, the cut would no longer depend on a government decision.
The party is not proposing a further cut, only that the existing one be made permanent. Fuel duty rates have been changed before, but every cut has been temporary and part of emergency cost-of-living measures, as is the current one.
The proposal by the party’s two parliament members, Dimitris Souglis and Yiannis Laouris, would set the duty at 359 euros per 1,000 litres for unleaded petrol and related products and 330 euros per 1,000 litres for diesel used as motor fuel, from current rates of 429 euros and 400 euros respectively. In effect, this is the 8.3-cent cut already in force.
The rates cannot go any lower, Souglis and Laouris state in the explanatory memorandum accompanying the proposal, as they already match the minimum levels member states may apply under the EU framework for taxing energy products and electricity.
Separately, a reduction on heating oil has been in force since 20 October 2026. It reaches 5.4 cents a litre, bringing the rate down to 2.1 cents from 7.5 cents.
