The proposal to introduce a new peak-hour car tax in Brussels is presented as a solution to congestion, but it mainly masks ten years of ideological and ineffective mobility policies.
The city's congestion results less from the number of cars than from dogmatic decisions that have reduced road space and poorly coordinated roadworks. This tax would mainly hit workers, self-employed people and the middle class, who are already heavily taxed. Under the guise of ecology, the real aim would be to refill regional coffers by €60 to €70 million.
An unfair, complex and bureaucratic measure, revealing a left that prefers to tax rather than reform and better manage public spending.