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Pollutants, symbols of wealth... Private jets, a high-level issue for the government

2022-08-21T16:42:45.568Z


Compared to commercial flights, private jets are particularly harmful in terms of CO2 emissions. What push some leaders p


While the French are preparing to consume less energy this fall, the sky continues to be populated with private jets.

And it does not pass with many Internet users, as well as certain political figures.

Friday, in Liberation, the deputy EELV Julien Bayou called for the banishment of these planes for private use.

In the columns of Le Parisien, Minister Clément Beaune was less firm, suggesting “regulation” of these same flights, without specifying the details of such measures.

Suggestions that follow several weeks of controversy over private flights, deemed too polluting, and symbols, for some, of a difference in treatment of the wealthiest classes in the midst of a climate and energy crisis.

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Source: leparis

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