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With only 78,121 voters, does the vote for the SUV surcharge in Paris have weight?

2024-02-05T19:21:13.758Z

Highlights: With only 78,121 voters, does the vote for the SUV surcharge in Paris have weight?. The vote proposing the introduction of special parking pricing for SUVs attracted only 5.7% of Parisian voters. It was therefore only78,121 Parisians who decided for nearly 1.3 million voters. The majority (54.55%), in favor of tripling the parking rate for "heavy, polluting and bulky" vehicles.. An abstention rate which immediately raised the question of the legitimacy of the vote.


The vote proposing the introduction of special parking pricing for SUVs attracted only 5.7% of Parisian voters,


It was therefore only 78,121 Parisians who decided for nearly 1.3 million voters.

On Sunday, only 5.7% of the capital's residents registered on the electoral lists came out to vote, the majority (54.55%), in favor of tripling the parking rate for "heavy, polluting and bulky" vehicles. .

An abstention rate which immediately raised the question of the legitimacy of the vote.

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As soon as the victory of "for" the surtax was announced, the mayor (PS) of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, was quick to welcome a choice "very clear in all the districts", in front of the journalists gathered at the Hotel of City.

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