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Total Energy's 1.99 euro per litre gasoline price cap ends today, forcing most drivers to pay market rates.

1. Francia24 Radio Nizza's April 7, 2026 news bulletin leads with the end of TotalEnergies' voluntary price cap and the launch of a government flash loan scheme for fuel-exposed businesses. 2. Presenters Marco Urco Barsotti in central Milan and Rachel Costa in Paris co-anchor the bulletin. 3. TotalEnergies had voluntarily capped fuel prices at 1.99 euros per litre for gasoline and 2.09 euros for diesel, a measure introduced on March 13 and extended once from March 31 to April 7, 2026. 4. Gasoline had risen to 2.30 euros per litre by April 4 without the cap, and the E10 unleaded reached 2.01 euros, with strong customer demand generating temporary supply interruptions at approximately 3,300 TotalEnergies stations. 5. From April 13, micro and small businesses in metropolitan France operating in transport, agriculture and fishing can apply via BPI France's digital platform for loans of 5,000 to 50,000 euros at a fixed rate of 3.8%, with a 12-month capital deferral and 24-month repayment period. 6. Eligible companies must have fuel costs representing at least 5% of turnover, be more than one year old, hold a professional current account, and grant BPI France read access to recent accounts. 7. BPI France promises a 48-hour answer and fund disbursement within 7 days, though critics note the requirement for a commercial accountant adds a bureaucratic burden. 8. Rachid Bougema, president of the National Taxi Union, called the flash loan 'a narrow loan that only generates difficulties because it will have to be repaid.' 9. The FNSA (National Farmers' Union equivalent) had asked for a direct reduction of 30 cents per litre at the pump; Mediterranean fishermen announced a blockade from April 7. 10. David Lisnard, mayor of Cannes, posted on X: 'A state loan to help pay taxes. Clever!' criticising the scheme for adding bureaucracy rather than reducing fuel levies. 11. Rachel Costa's editorial concludes that the flash loan is 'the magic of public finance' — turning an operating cost problem into a debt problem, with the state appearing active without spending a net euro. 12. Two Zen koans attributed to Zhao Zou are used to illustrate the contradiction: in the first he says the loan is a help, then explains that 'the fire does not turn off by lending wood'; in the second he says it is a burden and that 'whoever lends the fire does not feel the heat on their roof.' 13. The Artemis II mission's crew of four — including American astronaut Christina Koch and Canadian Jeremy Hansen — completed a Moon flyby, reaching a record distance of 406,000 km from Earth, surpassing the Apollo 13 record from 1970. 14. Commander Reed Wiseman's crew named a lunar crater 'Carol' after Carol Taylor Wiseman, who died of cancer in 2020; a second crater was named 'Integrity' after the spacecraft. 15. The bulletin covers additional news: EasyJet pilots struck at Orly and Lyon-Saint-Exupery airports causing limited flight cancellations; Nasdaq launched a new index including SpaceX and OpenAI for companies with market cap over 10 billion. 16. International oil tensions are cited as the driver of fuel price increases, with reference to the Hormuz Strait and Iran protests against American threats. 17. JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon warned that AI will be integrated faster than electricity or the Internet, with risks of a speculative bubble if expectations exceed real capabilities. 18. Weather forecasts for Paris (up to 24 degrees Celsius, sunny, east wind) and Milan (up to 26 degrees Celsius, summer sun, stable) are delivered by named experts Redis Crepa and Daniele Berlusconi. 19. The bulletin suits Italian and French-speaking listeners interested in European economic policy, energy prices and current affairs in both France and Italy. 20. Listeners wanting deep analysis of any single topic will find the format too headline-oriented, as each story receives one to three minutes of coverage.

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