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Paris votes to ban rental e-scooters
Ban is not going to have an effect on privately owned electrical scooters, of which 700,000 have been offered nationwide final yr.
Parisians have voted overwhelmingly to ban electrical scooters from the streets of the French capital.
The ban received between 85.77 % and 91.77 % of the votes within the 20 Paris districts that printed outcomes on Sunday, in accordance with town of Paris web site.
Mayor Anne Hidalgo hailed the consultative referendum as a hit and mentioned its consequence was “very clear”.
“There’ll now not be any self-service scooters in Paris from September 1st,” she mentioned.
The turnout in Sunday’s vote was very low.
Metropolis Corridor mentioned greater than 103,000 of Paris’s 1.38 million registered voters solid their ballots.
The vote was referred to as amid concern in Paris over tons of of accidents involving the micro-vehicles, which have been launched in 2018 and could be accessed by means of smartphone apps.
Final yr, the French capital registered 459 accidents with e-scooters and comparable automobiles, together with three deadly ones.
“We’re joyful. It’s what we’ve been combating for over 4 years,” Arnaud Kielbasa, co-founder of the Apacauvi charity, which represents victims of e-scooter accidents, instructed AFP information company.
Kielbasa, whose spouse, and toddler daughter have been hit by an e-scooter driver, added, “All Parisians say they’re nervous on the pavements, nervous once they cross the roads. You could look all over the place.”
There are at current three operators of the automobiles in Paris. They’re California-based Lime, Amsterdam-based Dott, and Berlin-based Tier.
Mayor Hidalgo is now anticipated to not renew contracts for the operators from August 31. The present contracts will run till September 2023.
Once they entered the market, operators have been supplied a three-year contract, which required that scooters’ velocity be capped at 20kmph (12.5mph), with designated parking areas.
Operators like Lime – who contend they’re being unfairly singled out as accountable for the customarily chaotic nature of Paris streets – had supplied additional laws, together with fixing licence plates, and guaranteeing the riders are above 18 so police might establish visitors offenders and restrict utilization to at least one passenger.
Lime and Tier despatched free voucher codes to customers and employed on-line influencers to influence younger voters to vote towards the ban.
However such measures did not persuade residents.
“They’re harmful, each for many who use them and for pedestrians,” Francoise Granier, a 68-year-old physician who voted within the ninth district of the capital, instructed AFP.
“And the police by no means intervene.”
The session is not going to have an effect on privately owned electrical scooters, of which 700,000 have been offered nationwide final yr, in accordance with the French Ministry of Transport.
About 100,000 journeys are accomplished every day in France on rented e-scooters in practically 200 cities and cities, in accordance with the ministry.
Montreal in Canada outlawed all electrical scooters for rental or non-public use in 2020, whereas Denmark’s capital Copenhagen banned rental variations in 2020 earlier than bringing them again a yr later with stricter circumstances.
Lawmakers from South Korea’s governing party protested on Friday against a vote to impeach the country’s acting president, Han Duck-soo. The motion, which passed 192-0, came less than two weeks after President Yoon Suk Yeol was also ousted by the opposition in the National Assembly.
The frantic search for a Norwegian Cruise Line passenger who went overboard has been called off.
A spokesperson for the cruise line confirmed to Fox News Digital that the 51-year-old went overboard from Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Epic late Thursday afternoon.
The incident was first noted at approximately 3 p.m. as Norwegian Epic was sailing from Ocho Rios, Jamaica en route to Great Stirrup Cay in the Bahamas.
The passenger was on the cruise with his family, the spokesperson said. The cruise left from Port Canaveral, Florida on Saturday, Dec. 21 and was a seven-night Western Caribbean voyage.
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The cruise liner Norwegian Jewel built at the ship yard Meyer in Papenburg, northern Germany, goes down the river Ems. (AP Photo/Joerg Sarbach, File)
The cruise line said that authorities were quickly notified and search and rescue efforts were immediately implemented.
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“After an extensive search that was unfortunately unsuccessful, the ship was released by the authorities to continue its voyage,” the spokesperson said.
The Norwegian Epic, which was built in 2010 and refurbished in 2020, has 19 decks. (Norwegian Cruise Line)
Norwegian Cruise Line said the passenger’s loved ones on board were “being attended to and supported during this very challenging situation.”
“Our thoughts and prayers are with his loved ones during this difficult time,” the spokesperson added.
The Norwegian Epic, which was built in 2010 and refurbished in 2020, has 19 decks. It can accommodate 4,070 passengers with double occupancy of its cabins and has 1,724 crew members.
It was not immediately clear what caused the man to go overboard. The man has not been identified.
After food prices soared in 2021 and 2022, over five essential food products saw price drops in 2024, including milk and cereals.
In 2024, agricultural prices in the European Union saw a modest decline, falling by 2% compared to 2023.
This price decline followed sharp increases in 2021 and 2022 that occurred due to the COVID-19 pandemic, extreme weather conditions and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Despite a surge in olive oil prices in 2024, the prices of cereals dropped by 15%, eggs by 8%, and vegetables and horticultural products declined by 2%.
The price of pigs and poultry also shrank by 7% and 8%, respectively.
According to Eurostat figures, milk prices decreased in 16 EU countries in 2024.
The sharpest decline was recorded in Finland with a 12% drop in prices, followed by Portugal with 10% and Spain with 8%.
By contrast, the sharpest increase was in Ireland with a 15% rise in prices, followed by Lithuania with 11% and Latvia with 10%.
In terms of production, the cost of seeds and veterinary services rose by 3%.
However, prices for fertilisers and soil improvers plummeted by 18%, food for animals by 11%, and plant protection products and pesticides by 2%.
Commission measures between farmers and buyers
After a year in which farmers have protested regularly, the EU Commission has presented an initiative to ensure they receive fair compensation and are no longer forced to sell products below production costs.
The proposed measures include mandatory written contracts that require buyers to clearly outline key terms such as price, quantity, and delivery timelines, taking into account market conditions and cost fluctuations.
The package also introduces a regulation to enhance enforcement of the Unfair Trading Practices (UTPs) Directive, which was adopted five years ago but remains largely unimplemented.
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