The abolition of ZFEs handed by the deputies, a camouflet for the federal government, a “regression” for the setting and well being | EUROtoday

On October 8, 2018, when Elisabeth Borne, then Minister of Transport, introduced collectively the fifteen most polluted cities and metropolises in France to announce the deployment of low-emission zones (ZFE), the longer term ex-prime minister evokes “A dynamic that we want to be irreversible both at local and national level”. Less than seven years later, the ZFEs are in a standstill.

The deputies have simply made their abolition on Wednesday, May 28, when inspecting the invoice to simplify financial life. They adopted (98 votes for, 51 in opposition to) an article defended by the deputy National Rally (RN) of Gard Pierre Meurin, who has led the sling since 2022 in opposition to the ZFEs, taxed to advertise the “Social segregation”. Introduced into committee, the article was adopted with the votes of the RN-UDR alliance (Union of Laws for the Republic), the precise, rebellious France (LFI) and a few macronist deputies.

The vote should be confirmed by that on the invoice in its entirety, nonetheless referred to by greater than 600 amendments. It is a double setback for the federal government and the Minister of Ecological Transition, Agnès Panier Runacher, who, to avoid wasting the ZFE, had filed an modification to restrict their obligation to the agglomerations of Paris and Lyon, essentially the most uncovered to air pollution and likewise essentially the most superior of their deployment, and to go away the selection to all of the others. He was broadly rejected (115 in opposition to, 24 for).

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