Fuel still expensive: diesel around €2.36/L, government releases stocks and extends the €100 aid

Selon des comparateurs de prix, les moyennes nationales aux 21-22 octobre sont d’environ 2,36 €/L pour le gazole, 2,19 €/L pour le SP95 et 2,13 €/L pour l’E10, avec quelques centimes d’écart selon les sites.

Être in the present is est for a singular subject and sont for a plural one. It describes nature, state or place (“is”, “is located”). If what follows (the attribute) is a noun, adjective or prepositional phrase, it is not a passive. If a past participle follows, it is a passive (est annoncé). Headlines and summaries often use the present to describe the current situation.

En octobre, le gouvernement a décidé de libérer des stocks de gazole et d’étendre l’aide aux travailleurs qui roulent beaucoup.

The passé composé is the most common past tense, used for “did” and “has done” — actions completed in the past. It is formed with the auxiliary avoir (a / ont…) in the present + a past participle. Past participles of -er verbs end in -é (annoncer → annoncé); learn the irregular ones (faire → fait, prendre → pris, voir → vu). In the negative, ne … pas wraps the auxiliary (n’a pas annoncé). In the news it reports facts that have already happened, such as “announced” or “voted”.

Les stocks seront revendus aux distributeurs à prix coûtant, qui devraient répercuter la baisse.

The futur simple means “will do” or “is planned to”. Add -ai, -as, -a, -ons, -ez, -ont to the infinitive (participer → il participera). Watch the irregular stems: être → ser-, avoir → aur-, aller → ir-, faire → fer-, pouvoir → pourr-, voir → verr-. In the news it is used for fixed plans and outlooks.

Les stocks seront revendus aux distributeurs à prix coûtant, qui devraient répercuter la baisse.

The conditional expresses possibility, supposition, unconfirmed information and polite requests (“would”, “might”). It uses the same stem as the future and the same endings as the imparfait (-ais, -ait, -ions, -iez, -aient): pouvoir → il pourrait. In the news it is used to avoid asserting, as in “is reported to…” or “there is a possibility…”.

Les stocks seront revendus aux distributeurs à prix coûtant, qui devraient répercuter la baisse.

The passive means “is done” or “is being done”. It is formed with être + past participle, which agrees with the subject in gender and number (la mesure est adoptée / les mesures sont adoptées). The agent is introduced by par (or de). In the news it is common when the event, rather than the actor, is the focus (est prévu / est annoncé / est connu).

Le décret n° 2026-959 du 15 octobre 2026 a été publié au Journal officiel du 16 octobre.

The past passive means “was done”. Its form is present of avoir + été (past participle of être) + past participle. Été does not change, but the last participle agrees with the subject in gender and number (la loi a été votée / les textes ont été votés). It is frequent in news reporting results such as votes, decisions and announcements.

Vérifiez les conditions et dates des aides dans les informations officielles.

The imperative expresses commands, requests and advice. It has no subject: the sentence starts with the verb (Consultez les informations.). The vous form ends in -ez, nous in -ons (Restons prudents.), and tu in -e for -er verbs (Consulte). It is very common in notices and warnings (Vérifiez, Consultez, Restez informé).

Le gazole se situe en moyenne nationale autour de 2,36 €/L (sites de prix des 21-22 octobre).

A pronominal verb is used with a reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nous, vous) before the verb. It can mean “do to oneself”, “be done” or “do to each other”. In the news, se traduire (to result in), se tenir (to take place), s’agir de (to be a matter of) and se diffuser (to spread) are frequent. The pronoun changes with the subject (il se tient / ils se tiennent / je me souviens).

Selon des comparateurs de prix, les moyennes nationales aux 21-22 octobre sont d’environ 2,36 €/L pour le gazole, 2,19 €/L pour le SP95 et 2,13 €/L pour l’E10, avec quelques centimes d’écart selon les sites.

Selon means “according to”. Put a person or organisation after it as the source. It separates facts the writer checked directly from what another body or report said. Citing a source does not turn a forecast into an accomplished fact.

Un « seirei » est un décret du gouvernement pour appliquer une loi.

This is the purpose, “in order to…”. Put the base form of a verb after pour. The purpose stated here is separate from whether the effect was actually achieved.

En octobre, le gouvernement a décidé de libérer des stocks de gazole et d’étendre l’aide aux travailleurs qui roulent beaucoup.

Qui continues a description of the person or thing just mentioned (“the one that does…”). Because qui is itself the subject of the next verb, do not repeat the subject. The verb agrees with the noun qui refers to.

価格比較サイトによると、フランスの全国平均は、21〜22日の時点で、軽油が1リットル約2.36ユーロ、SP95が約2.19ユーロ、E10が約2.13ユーロです。

As in “LCPによると”, it shows where the information comes from. What that source reported follows. It is used differently from “私にとって”, which gives one’s own opinion.

「備蓄（びちく）」は、いざという時のために、ためておくことです。

ため is used for both reason and purpose. “成立ではないため” is a reason and “運転手を守るため” a purpose. Decide from the whole sentence whether what precedes is a cause or a goal.

条件は、通勤が片道15kmを超えるか、仕事で年8000kmを超えて走ることなどです。

“暴言など” gives “abusive language” as one example. It is not necessarily a closed list of only the things named. It also helps when reading the scope of a news story.

政府は、10月に、軽油の備蓄の放出と、車で通勤する人への追加支援を、決めました。

In “発表しました”, ました makes a verb polite past. The negative is “ませんでした”. Read the actual date together with the date and time in the text.

10月7日、ルコルニュ首相は、戦略備蓄から、軽油1000万バレルを放出すると発表しました。

と takes the content that is reported or explained. In “改定する方針だと報じました”, “改定する方針だ” is what the report said. Separating the content from who said it and how makes long sentences easier to read.

10月2日のG7では、最大1億バレルの石油と軽油を、4か月で放出することが、決まっています。

“〜すること” treats an action or content like a noun. The particle after it (が・を・は…) shows its role in the sentence. “ことができる” is a fixed combination meaning “can”.