The EU requires Italy to stop millions of vehicles in Lombardy, Piedmont, Veneto and Emilia-Romagna. Government at work to prevent the cost from falling on citizens
A little time had passed since the last Eco-Green crack. Few they miss it, but here comes the next green diktat: From 1 October 2025 Euro5 diesel cars will no longer be able to circulate freely in Lombardy, Veneto, Piedmont and Emilia-Romagna. The measure concerns the cars present in inhabited centers with more than 30 thousand inhabitants, with the implementation of the ban which will vary from region to region.
In Lombardy, the restrictions will be permanent And they will remain in force all year round, on weekdays from 7:30 to 19:30. Piedmont and Emilia-Romagna Instead, they imposed a seasonal ban from October to April, active from 8:30 to 18:30. The Veneto He adopted the most rigid measure, introducing a total block of the circulation valid seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
The whole Po Valley pelvis involved, for an estimated total of about one million cars. Among the most affected Lombardy and Veneto, respectively with 484 thousand and 340 thousand vehicles. The reason for yet another green blow are the judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Unionwhich believes our country in the “infringement state” as regards the concentrations of PM10 and nitrogen dioxide in the Po Valley. Not only that, in March last year, the European Commission has opened a new infringement procedure, always due to the overcoming of the permitted pollution limits.
The government was therefore forced to promulgate the decree law number 121 of 12 September 2023, with which remedy the infringements detected by Europe, imposing the four regions of the Padano basin to update the respective plans for air quality.
To support the economic weight of ecology, once again, will be families and companiesforced to change relatively recent vehicles (Euro 5 were sold from 2011 to 2015) that many use daily. “It is unthinkable that many people change cars from here to 1 October,” said Councilor for the Environment of the Lombardy Region, Giorgio Maione. Second The Italian Automobile Clubat 31 December 2023 they were still in circulation beyond 3.7 million Diesel vehicles Euro 5especially concentrated in Lombardy and Piedmont.
To criticize this measure indirectly imposed by Brussels was also the Minister of Transport Matteo Salvini«We are working to cancel the block of cars with Euro5 diesel engine. It is one of the follies of the von der Leyen commission, which has approved that economic-industrial crack that is called Green Deal». “Citizens next year will no longer be able to use millions of vehicles, these are real problems.”
Luckily, The measure could be blocked in the chamberwhere the infrastructure decree of 2025 was approved last May 19, the hope is that the government makes the amendments to delay further (or perhaps completely eliminate the entry into force of this Mazzato Greenthere is time until July 19, the deadline for the conversion of the law decree.
It would not be the first time, after all, the provision had to be implemented two years ago, on October 1, 2023. However, following a comparison between the Ministry of the Environment and the Regions, its implementation had been postponed to October 1, 2025.
