ZFE: nearly 3 million of the most polluting vehicles returned to service in case of abandonment of the device

In the midst of the crisis of purchasing power, the High Emission Zones (ZFEs), which were imposed by the executive in 2019 to combat air pollution but considered punitive for the inhabitants of peripheral France, have become a symbol, one more, of "territorial apartheid" at work in our country. The RN, always on the lookout for what divides, has dispatched to make it its battlehorse.

Consideration of the bill to simplify the Low Emissions Zones should be discussed in the National Assembly next week. While a large part of the right-wing deputies are in favour of abolishing the scheme, the government will propose an amendment for Paris and Lyon to maintain their EFAs.

The removal of low-emission zones, which will be debated in the National Assembly from 8 April, would again allow the most polluting vehicles in large cities.

Several days ago, MEPs in committee voted in favour of abolishing the EFA. Now, the text has to be presented to the National Assembly. The minister for ecological transition is rather opposed to abolishing it. An effective mechanism according to the government The EFAs experienced a real setback more than a week ago when the vote of Members in committee in favour of abolishing these areas. A decision that would have an unnegligible impact on the…

Opposed to the abolition of the ZFE, Minister Agnès Pannier-Runacher wants to listen to the different parties in order to change these areas and "get a fair balance."

When questioned by several political parties, the low-emission zones (ZFEs) concentrate the debates, but despite these reluctances, the government wants to keep them in Lyon and Paris. See more