Simplification Act: MEPs vote in committee to abolish low-emission zones

Why doesn't Dunfermline have a low emission zone - and will it ever get one?

The Courier takes a closer look at why Dunfermline does not have a low emission zone (LEZ) and whether it could get one in the future.

Under the guise of facilitating business life, the simplification bill discussed in the National Assembly advocates the deregulation and weakening of local democracy. With certain ecological and social consequences, the left-wing deputies denounce.

LR and RN amendments which believe that low-emission areas, designed to improve air quality, are penalising the poorest households, were adopted in a vote in committee on Wednesday.

Pierre Meurin, RN MP for the 4th riding of the Gard, who for years has denounced the "ZFE Scandal", has just obtained the vote of an amendment to the National Assembly for a 5-year moratorium. A "historical moment" announces the elected one on social networks. Is this the end of the device? No, it is a step.

The special committee responsible for the simplification bill adopted the abolition of the ZFE, against the opinion of the government. Socially unjust by a trans-party majority, these environmental measures were aimed at limiting car pollution in large cities.

On Wednesday, 26 March, the special committee to study the "simplification" bill voted to abolish the "low emissions zones" (ZFEs).