The Popular Party is left alone with the entry of high occupancy C vehicles to the central almond of Madrid, which now delimits Madrid Central. If last week, PSOE, Más Madrid and environmentalists described the measure as "regressive", this Tuesday the step aside has been taken by its Government partner, Citizens. "We were aware of this measure when we presented the Madrid 360 plan and at this point we did not agree, we agree on everything else, but not on this." Thus the deputy mayor, Begoña Villacís, of the measure included in the new air quality plan has been unmarked.

"This is a very small part of the plan and it would be unnatural for us not to disagree because we are two different parties and the good thing about coalition governments is that discrepancy," said Villacís, who has appealed to "continue negotiating to reach a point of agreement "on the entry of vehicles to the downtown area of ​​Madrid.

One measure, that of crossing Central Madrid, which Citizens understand that "is not something that benefits today" so they bet to "study it for longer and see the views of other political groups."

Precisely the other political groups, except the PP, were "critical" during the Air Quality Commission held last Wednesday, as recognized by the delegate of the area of ​​Environment and Mobility, Borja Carabante. "We would have liked that Ciudadanos had changed position four months ago, because it has taken four months to tell Almeida that Madrid 360 is not a presentable plan," socialist mayor Alfredo González has delved into the same line last week.

However, despite the step aside that Citizens has taken regarding this measure, the mayor of the capital, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, has insisted that "there are no discrepancies" with his Government partner. "The Madrid 360 plan was put on the table, it was presented, the deputy mayor was there and Citizens were aware of all the measures," the councilor added.

In addition, Almeida has defended one of the star measures included in its Madrid 360 plan, such as the entry of high-occupancy C vehicles in the central almond of the capital. "We have to encourage the shared use of vehicles, car sharing is an unstoppable trend, and we have to try to encourage it," he said.

For its part, the spokeswoman for More Madrid, Rita Maestre, has charged against the position held by Citizens whom she has accused of "hypocrite" after subscribing "a policy of mobility and the fight against extraordinarily sectarian pollution and ideology."

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