Every year, hundreds of thousands of French people travel to Amsterdam, famous for its canals, sometimes by car. But behind this love for the Dutch capital lies a less flattering reality: French motorists are, by far, European champions when it comes to unpaid fines. And the city said stop.
From 1 July 2026, any vehicle registered in a country without a data exchange agreement – including France – will immediately be immobilized with shoes if they do not pay for parking. France is clearly the target: by 2024, more than 6,100 fines, or around twenty fines per day, have been imposed on them. Only 21% have paid their “trim.” A level of disaster that puts French drivers at the top of the list of “bad students”, well ahead of Polish and Hungarian drivers.
