Rome Mayor Virginia Raji, a member of the 5 Star Movement (M5S), announced that from 2024 the circulation of diesel vehicles will be banned in the center of the Italian capital.
Raji made the announcement last Monday during a speech in Mexico to women mayors at a meeting entitled "Women4Climate" and shared her speech on social media as soon as she returned to Rome. .
"From 2024, the use of diesel vehicles will be banned in central Rome," he said, without giving details.
Diesel vehicles have been under pressure for years in Europe and around the world, forcing manufacturers to return to gasoline engines en masse and speed up vehicle electrification.
Two days ago, the Financial Times reported that the Italian-American carmaker Fiat-Chrysler (FCA) will announce in June that by 2022 it will have abandoned diesel engines for its private vehicles due to falling demand and rising costs. .
On Tuesday, German justice opened the way for bans on the circulation of old diesel vehicles in cities, plunging millions of motorists into uncertainty.