Vive l'écologie!
Plenty of strategies applied to reduce cars engine idling, even a wikipedia page:
en.wikipedia.org
Apparently, in fact, a European regulations according to which it would be forbidden keep the engine running when the car is parked: turn off the car, the air conditioner obviously also stopped.
The reasons for introducing this legislation should be found in there the fight against climate change and – especially – in an attempt progressively lower pollution emissions means of transport, which should therefore always be turned off if no one valid reason to keep the engine running.
And unfortunately, air conditioning is not one of the possible reasons for this.
Fines are already enforced:
Spain up to 100€
France up to 135€
Italy up to 435 euros
others coming.
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meanwhile in France ALL the cars of the ministers (including the one of the Minister for Ecological Transition) are parked with the engine running to operate the air conditioning all day long... so they can travel in comfort, while you burn your a*s and hands on the hot interiors!
Lovely! the same ones pissing us off all day long cause "... every little thing counts".
"Rules For Thee But Not For Me..."