Why is it so difficult to drive a motorhome in Europe?

I think that it is not primarily the motorhomes that are intended to be stopped but the vehicles that emit the most nitrogen oxides and particles in the cities. The fact that there are no motorhomes that do not run on diesel makes it problematic, as you say, to choose a good alternative. Low fuel consumption is of course an advantage of diesel cars, but methods for cleaning what is emitted (nitrogen oxides) would need to be developed (and then there is the issue of testing, which should not be possible for any car manufacturer to cheat on). Complicated with several systems for paying road tolls etc., feels a bit like all the different systems we have in public transport in Sweden... (an app or a card per city/county fills your wallet and phone...).

Sometimes I ask the question, do we have to travel this way (plane, car, bus, camper)? The answer is undoubtedly yes, so we get to know and respect each other. But that's the crux, we need to protect the environment too, not just the community. For myself, I solve it by cycling in the local area and buying locally grown food. We don't need to transport goods and services back and forth. A good shrimp sandwich at the harbour restaurant has shrimps caught off the Norwegian coast - the shrimps are transported to light land and peeled to end up on a sandwich 150 metres from home. Just a small example of madness that affects the environment. Lifting the bike from the motorhome and getting into the city is both healthy and pleasant. Should the wife offer a glass of wine, I can safely thank and accept. We cycle home to the motorhome where we sleep sweetly!

I have been driving HB for 13 years .. and a lot in Europe it has certainly become more complicated with everything..all the fees in different countries..there you can drive..here you cannot drive etc.
We are in the process of complicating this in Sweden as well. Diesel engines were the cleanest 8 to 10 years ago. So we were fooled where.
Of course it has been noted ... motorists will be squeezed.
Politics..taxes..and various environmental requirements..money..money..money..money.
But you can still fly in lamb from New Zealand for Easter.
I went to such a dinner at the home of an active environmentalist at Easter.
Bragging that they were an extra fine lamb from NZ.
What is this environmental hysteria really about (1 degree warmer in 100 years)?

Only a few years ago, they recommended that you should
Buying diesel cars because it was environmentally friendly now we will be punished for not being able to think properly.

"The EU... commonality and equality"
Has there ever been so much diversity before?

This climate agenda is pretty much a figment of the imagination of the ogrearchs of the world. And they are the ones driving the agenda. Politicians are just puppets of the real power. Just take the hockey stick graph that was supposed to show that it was getting warmer. It was a bluff and they refuse to account for how they arrived at it... Just a bluff! And who sponsors Greta Thunberg? Well if not G. Sorros who then speculates in everything possible... remember when he almost capsized the crown? They are the ones who drive the climate agenda.

And now the increased motorhome tax... They want to crowd cities, congestion charges, car tolls, and soon a CO2 tax on ordinary people. Nope, it's all about the collective having revenue. The individual free individual will be wiped out.

It will be interesting to see what electric motorhomes are actually capable of... I have heard that Hymer, among others, has one in the pipeline.

I wonder what kind of housing on wheels I can afford without being taxed to death and forced into personal bankruptcy.

Vote out Socialism.. but what is the alternative...:(

Despite my bitter motorhome thoughts about environmental taxes etc... Have a good day!