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Madrid (Spain), Jan 2 (EFE), (Camera: Ángel Herrera).- Spain has banned electric scooters from pavements and pedestrian areas, a measure that came into force on Saturday.According to the new regulation, electric scooters will not exceed 25 kilometres per hour.FOOTAGE OF ELECTRIC SCOOTERS IN MADRID.
Shanghai has resumed its crackdown on electric scooters and Segways due to safety concerns after a ban two years ago was largely ignored.
"Global markets are now flooded with cheaper Chinese electric cars" says European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, "and their price is kept artificially low by huge state subsidies". The comments -- made to the European Parliament in Strasbourg -- come as Brussels announces it will investigate Chinese state subsidies for electric vehicles in order to protect the European market from "distortion." SOUNDBITE
Rome (Italy), 23 Oct (EFE) - (Camera: Paula Bernabeu) Scooters in Italian streets have caused hundreds of accidents. The purchase or rental of these means of transport have not stopped growing in cities like Milan or Rome, but the lack of rules and control around its use has resulted in historical centers crowded with badly parked scooters as well as accidents. FOOTAGE OF ELECTRIC SCOOTERS IN ROME.
Firefighters try to extinguish scooters and cars on fire in Prony street, near Champs Elysees avenue in Paris, as Paris is hit by violence for the latest "yellow vest" protests against President Emmanuel Macron. IMAGES
The French government has banned mobile phone usage in schools.
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