Germany eyes national car tolls

Germany's conservative CSU party has said that it will issue a draft bill on a new road toll for cars in autumn 2011. It says that even if car taxes were lowered, extending the national tolling system from trucks to cars, would raise billions of euros over the next few years. However, Chancellor Angela Merkel is on record as saying that no tolls for cars will be introduced during the current legislative period.
April 17, 2012 Read time: 1 min
RSSGermany's conservative CSU party has said that it will issue a draft bill on a new road toll for cars in autumn 2011. It says that even if car taxes were lowered, extending the national tolling system from trucks to cars,  would raise billions of euros over the next few years. However, Chancellor Angela Merkel is on record as saying that no tolls for cars will be introduced during the current legislative period.

Meanwhile, in 2010 Germany raised US$6.4 billion via truck tolls, according to the German cargo transport office BAG. Foreign trucks accounted for 37 per cent of this amount. Euro V trucks contributed 51 per cent and Euro III trucks for only 32 per cent.
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