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Crit'Air: French Parliament Votes to Scrap Low Emission Zones, but Is This the End?

Summary by The Local - Fr
French lawmakers have voted to scrap the low-emission zones that are in place for motorists in 25 towns and cities across France. But what happens next?

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On Wednesday, Parliament announced the abolition of the "low-emission zones" (ZFEs) against polluting cars, which have become a nightmare and a scarecrow for many motorists and elected officials. If some are delighted, others denounce a regression and a financial gabegie. Look at this report of the TF1's 20H in Lyon. - "It would be a disaster": the announced abolition of low-emission zones makes heavily coughing (Environment).

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After the final adoption this Wednesday by the Senate of the simplification bill, the abolition of low-emission zones is approved, but does it still make sense to keep its vignette on the windshield?

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After the National Assembly, the Senate passed, on Wednesday, 15 April, the bill to simplify economic life. Abolition of the ZFE, ZAN, damage to biodiversity... The text became, according to the alliances of the right, the far right and the "central block", a powerful anti-ecology weapon.

·Paris, France
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Unsurprisingly, the upper house of Parliament, where the right is the majority, approved in a final vote the bill to simplify economic life on Wednesday, 15 April. The text sacrifices areas with low air pollution emissions and takes a step backwards on the "ZAN", a tool to combat concreteisation.

·Paris, France
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Lean Right

After intense parliamentary debates, the text was finally adopted by senators with 224 votes to 100, the day after its adoption in the National Assembly, and will now have to pass the filter of the Constitutional Council.

·Paris, France
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franceinfo.fr broke the news on Wednesday, April 15, 2026.
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