In particular, as the study showed, 75% of European Union citizens support the ban on the sale of fuel-powered cars. Of these, 63% are city residents who are most exposed to toxic levels of air pollution.
By the way, the survey was conducted online, with 10,050 people from eight European countries participating – Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Spain, and the UK.
An important conclusion of this study is that, at first glance, the ban on cars with internal combustion engines may seem like a strictly political decision, but in fact it is supported by the population itself.
Meanwhile, the European Union has set ambitious climate goals. Thus, by 2050, Europe should become the first continent to completely eliminate "own-produced" carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. The EU's transitional goal is to reduce emissions by 60% by 2030 compared to the level in 1990.
Five EU member states have legislatively approved achieving so-called climate neutrality: Sweden plans to achieve zero emissions by 2045, and Denmark, France, Germany, and Hungary – by 2050.
