51.   The incident was followed by a crackdown by the city to force foreign diplomats to pay parking tickets in the city.

52.   The newly-founded Athens Committee Against Controlled Parking and the municipal workers union have both called on Athenians not to pay parking tickets issued by the company.

53.   Amnesty for petty offences like parking tickets is a French tradition introduced by Charles de Gaulle.

54.   Police, who are not permitted to strike, have said that they would not put parking tickets on cars parked illegally in city centres.