article_snippet: Anne Hidalgo, the mayor of Paris, said: 'I am delighted Paris has agreed to put in place a partial driving ban on Monday, which I have been requesting for several days.'
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article_snippet: Due to the improving situation today and tomorrow, the alternative traffic (plan) will not be renewed Tuesday,' announced Ecology Minister Segolene Royal, who took time to salute 'the good citizenship of motorists who understood the necessity of this measure.'
article_snippet: Similar emergency restrictions were last implemented almost exactly a year ago - on March 17 - during a particularly bad spike in the pollution levels.