The Local Germany https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Toll promises being broken: Greens UPDATE: The SPD told a paper on Monday that they will not agree to law reforms that entail "backdoor costs" to German motorists when road tolls come into affect on Autobahns. https://www.thelocal.de/20141201/toll-draft-law-means-broken-promises-motorists-greens-motorways-autobahn Mon, 01 Dec 2014 13:36:00 +0100 toll-draft-law-means-broken-promises-motorists-greens-motorways-autobahn Tolls definitely coming, say party leaders Plans to charge users of German motorways have taken their own toll on the politicians who are pushing it through, but they refuse to back down. https://www.thelocal.de/20140904/tolls-are-definitely-coming-say-party-leaders Thu, 04 Sep 2014 11:17:00 +0200 tolls-are-definitely-coming-say-party-leaders Daimler and Telekom face billion-euro loss on road toll fiasco Daimler and Deutsche Telekom may have to strike a billion-euro compensation deal with the government over the disastrous introduction of a truck road toll in Germany more than six years ago. https://www.thelocal.de/20110718/36363 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:24:00 +0200 36363 Ifo's Sinn: Tolls on all German roadways would reduce traffic Germany needs to institute a time- and location-dependent toll system on all streets to help cut the costs of too much traffic, said Hans-Werner Sinn, head of the influential Ifo economics institute, in an article published on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.de/20100828/29457 Sat, 28 Aug 2010 13:11:00 +0200 29457