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Abolition of Low-Emission Zones: the French Government Regrets the Assembly's Decision
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The concept of low-emission zones, born out of the virtuous process of the Citizen Climate Convention in order to reduce the circulation of the most polluting vehicles in the city centres, has been undermined by massive denigration campaigns and killed in parliamentary chaos.
Low Emission Zones Banned in Blow to French Government
Following an intense parliamentary battle, French MPs have voted to permanently abolish Low Emission Zones (LEZs), which were supposedly intended to limit pollution from combustion-engine vehicles in urban areas. This legislative victory is a major blow to the government, which, still lacking a majority, has suffered a series of setbacks. Proposed as part of a broader piece of legislation, known as the Simplification Act, the MPs’ decision to pe…
In order to facilitate the lives of businesses and certain industrial projects, the bill to simplify economic life, adopted this Wednesday in Parliament, has continued to inflate, to the point of becoming the bedrock of a political battle over environmental standards.
Since 2022, the RN has multiplied the approximations and even the lies about the ZFEs. This campaign of false information poisoned the public debate around this mechanism to combat air pollution, the suppression of which has just been carried out by the National Assembly.
It may have just sounded for the ZFE. MEPs have adopted the economic simplification project, which includes the removal of these low-emission zones, which were planned to reduce pollution in metropolitan areas. Six years after the conclusion of the citizens' climate convention, here is one of the participants' views on a noble goal, but a method that is too "intransigent".
Very committed to low-emission areas, Pierre Chasseray welcomes their abolition and returns to a long-term fight led by 40 million motorists. He defends a decision he considers to be...
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