As Murray Rothbard succinctly put it, “Every statute or administrative rule is therefore illegitimate and itself invasive and a criminal interference with the property rights of noncriminals.” This observation is highly relevant in the case of the French government’s intervention in the corporate vehicle market. By coercing companies into adopting electric vehicles, the government is effectively violating the property rights of businesses. The decision of what vehicles to purchase should rest with the companies, based on their economic calculations, not with bureaucrats seeking to achieve politically-motivated environmental goals.