Earlier, the Bundestag, the German parliament, approved the introduction of the toll.
The toll must go next year. According to the plan there will be three vignette rates for ten days. For the cleanest cars, foreign motorists counting down for about 5 euro vignette. There is a middle rate of EUR 10 and the heaviest polluters to pay 15 euros for ten days.
German motorists must purchase an annual vignette, but are fully compensated by a reduction in road tax.
help pay
The Bavarian Christian Democrats, which Dobrindt belongs, were the great favor of introducing a toll for foreign drivers on German roads. They feel that they should help pay for the upkeep.
The CSU knew her Christian Democratic sister party CDU of Chancellor Angela Merkel and the Social Democrats of the SPD, who were initially much more reserved, convincing.
Dobrindt thinks the toll to get 513.6 million per year in, but opponents of the tolplannen in Germany think it will be much less
Netherlands
The Netherlands is against the toll which will enter Germany, says minister Melanie Schultz (Infrastructure and Environment) Friday in a reaction
” We look forward to the reaction of Commissioner Bulc this. That judgment is important for the further steps we can take together with other neighboring countries to stop this. “
Disappointing
” very disappointing ” that Germany final chooses toll on the autobahns and Bundesstrassen says director Charles Green of EDR region. That is the cooperation of border regions in the northern Netherlands and Northwestern Germany.
” The toll is a pointless . The border region is enormous opposition. Germans are afraid that they cost money in terms of purchasing and tourism, ” said Green Friday.
Not only neighbors are strongly opposed to the toll. In three German states that to another country borders (North Rhine-Westphalia, Baden-Wuerttemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate), there is considerable opposition to the plan.
But with the consent of the Bundesrat have played opponents in Germany. However, there are still issues with the European Commission in Brussels and the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg. ” Just because we have to expect help, ” said Green.
Discriminated
Green has particularly difficulty that Germans have the toll paid for, and not foreigners. ” We are being discriminated against. ” He also fears for the safety. ” People who live on the border a little further, for example, now driving on the A1, the A37 and the A7 to Germany. Suppose everybody will go on narrow country roads. This is dangerous, for example, people crossing. “
According to Green, the Social Democrats in the German government also opposed, but the toll was a key requirement of the Bavarian Christian Democrats. ” From our prime minister I know that even Chancellor Merkel at the toll. It is of course politically, they had to agree. ”
CDA
The Christian Democrats in the European Parliament requires action by the European Commission against the German plan. Christian Democrat MEP Wim van de Camp is very disappointed that now the Bundesrat the ” bad ” plan has been approved.
The German government mainly wants the non-Germans have to foot the bill, says Van de Camp Friday in a statement. The German car drivers get lower road tax to offset the charge. ” This is pure discrimination based on nationality. And if we somewhere in Brussels to be, it is a distinction based on nationality. ”
European Commission
The committee has yet to assess whether the plan is compatible with EU rules complies with. As it is now, it is almost certainly wrong. If necessary, Germany will be dragged before the European Court of Justice, Van de Camp.
The European Commission is waiting with a position until the law is officially published in Germany, said a spokesman. Experts will then consider the text and looking very sharp.
Commissioner Bulc repeatedly stressed that foreigners should not be discriminated against directly or indirectly. They criticized a draft of the tolplan
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