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G7 agrees to release 100 million barrels as Europe's fuel crisis deepens

After a G7 call on Zoom with Ursula von der Leyen, 100 million barrels of oil and diesel are to be released, with the diesel front-loaded over 20 days. Dooley argues the move follows a US threat to ban exports to Europe, and that Europe is “a vassal of the United States” while Irish drivers pay well over €2 a litre and the government takes 45-46% of it in tax.