The Local Austria https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Austria in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed 'Foreigner toll' on German Autobahn network ruled illegal by EU court A hotly-contested planned German road toll that targets foreigners is in violation of EU law, the bloc's highest court ruled on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.at/20190618/eu-court-rules-german-autobahn-toll-on-foreign-drivers-illegal Tue, 18 Jun 2019 13:42:20 +0200 eu-court-rules-german-autobahn-toll-on-foreign-drivers-illegal Austria files lawsuit against Germany over autobahn ‘foreigner tolls’ The government in Vienna is now taking legal action before the European Court of Justice against a car toll in Germany planned for 2019. https://www.thelocal.at/20171012/austria-files-lawsuit-against-germany-over-autobahn-foreigner-tolls Thu, 12 Oct 2017 13:50:08 +0200 austria-files-lawsuit-against-germany-over-autobahn-foreigner-tolls Austria considers suing Germany over highway toll Germany's government and the European Commission have come to an agreement over German plans to impose tolls for foreign cars on its historically free autobahns. https://www.thelocal.at/20170125/austria-considers-suing-germany-over-autobahn-toll Wed, 25 Jan 2017 18:12:28 +0100 austria-considers-suing-germany-over-autobahn-toll German highway toll 'illegal under EU law' German plans to impose a highway toll for foreigners is against EU law, according to the Research Services of the German Bundestag. https://www.thelocal.at/20140804/german-highway-toll-illegal-under-eu-law Mon, 04 Aug 2014 11:35:47 +0200 german-highway-toll-illegal-under-eu-law Bures: EU-commission rejects German toll Minister of Infrastructure Doris Bures (SPÖ) says the EU commission will support her in fighting against the introduction of a highway toll for foreigners in Germany. https://www.thelocal.at/20140729/bures-eu-commission-rejects-german-toll Tue, 29 Jul 2014 12:13:31 +0200 bures-eu-commission-rejects-german-toll Austrians favour EU-wide traffic toll According to a survey which the Linz-based Market Institute conducted for the business magazine "trend" 73 percent of Austrians support a European wide traffic toll. 27 percent would prefer national solutions within the 28 EU member states. https://www.thelocal.at/20140727/austrians-favour-eu-wide-traffic-toll Sun, 27 Jul 2014 22:43:00 +0200 austrians-favour-eu-wide-traffic-toll