BERLIN: A plan to introduce toll roads in Germany aimed mainly at foreigners, which has already divided the ruling coalition, is flawed and even loss-making, according to internal government documents published in Der Spiegel magazine yesterday.
The proposal has caused a row within Chancellor Angela Merkel’s grand coalition government because the Christian Social Union (CSU), her Bavarian sister party, insists on it while her Christian Democrats (CDU) and the Social Democrat (SPD) partners are sceptical about whether it conforms to European Union rules.
Internal government reports by the Finance, Interior and Economy ministries obtained by Der Spiegel show the toll might cost the government more money than it generates, and that it might be in violation of Germany’s constitution and EU rules.
Reuters
