23
Oct
2024
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The important role of cities and regions in the EU – for a green, social and prosperous local development (debate)
Mr President, hell is always paved with good intentions. Under the guise of ecological transition, the European Commission wants to impose the craziest ideas on us. How not to laugh when you associate terms ecological and social and then invent one of the most discriminatory policies of the 21st century: low-emission zones? You want cities to gradually close to motorists, as if they were responsible for all the ills of the Earth. A real social injustice, these highly excluded areas, as well as the ban on thermal engines in 2035, reveal your impotence. Prohibit, prohibit, prohibit: you only have that word in your mouth. But it is obviously always the same ones who toast: the working and middle classes, who cannot do without their cars. Increase hydrogen research, develop safe and efficient public transport, develop localism and short circuits: This is a truly ambitious policy that would make our cities greener, more social and more prosperous. Basically, I believe that the first environmental policy to be put in place is to throw your ideas in the trash.