Paris SUV vote 'could trigger new trend across Europe'

Narrow vote in favour of new triple parking charges for SUVs in Paris could have a knock-on effect in other cities. Picture: Thomas Samson/AFP.

“This could trigger a new trend across Europe,” Jens Müller of leading NGO Transport and Environment said of Paris’ historic vote to triple parking charges for Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVS).

SUV sales have been growing, making them now the best-selling private vehicles in Europe despite the continent’s necessary battle to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050.