The new tax comes at a cost of 15 cents per kilometre for heavy goods lorry drivers.
Category
đ
NewsTranscript
00:00French truck drivers are blocking a main motorway in Alsace in protest against the potential
00:06introduction of a heavy goods vehicles tax from 2027.
00:11The new tax, which comes at a cost of 15 cents per kilometre, aims to reduce transit traffic
00:17on the A35 motorway, which sees up to 10,000 trucks pass along it each day.
00:24Many of these lorries use the Alsace motorway to avoid paying the high eco-taxes already
00:29in place on German motorways.
00:33Those working in the transit industry say the addition of this new tax would threaten
00:38the survival of some businesses.
00:40There is a very low margin. So as soon as there is a tax, as soon as there is a tax
00:47that arrives or is supposed to arrive, it impacts us directly because we have absolutely
00:53no margin of manoeuvre.
00:54Local councillors are set to vote on the proposal on the 21st of October.