The European Parliament voted for a toll based on the route

The European Parliament voted for a toll based on the route

STRASBOURG. The European Parliament voted Thursday for the phasing out of time-based toll systems, but the car sticker is excluded.

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A corresponding amendment was adopted, according to the office of the rapporteur Christine Revault of Allons Bonnefoy. However, for the directive to enter into force, the Council should in any case accept.

"The ecological toll for trucks becomes mandatory." After all, after 2021, all heavy vehicles will have to pay taxes for air and noise pollution, according to the principle "who pollutes, pay for it", said Karoline, MEP of the SPOE. Grbadland Hainz delighted. The fact that the European Parliament "also opposed the phasing out of car tolls" is good news for Austrian commuters.

"A beautiful stage victory"

"It's a nice step win that we managed to avoid the European toll on the highways that depends on the kilometer traveled, which represents a package of charges absolutely useless for motorists," said the MP European Union of the ÖVP, Claudia Schmidt. It is unfortunate that pbadenger cars have not in principle been excluded from the European Toll Directive. There is now a good chance of finding a "reasonable solution for a better toll system in Europe" in negotiations with the Council, said Schmidt.

But under the Austrian Presidency, this will probably not happen anymore. Transport Minister Norbert Hofer (FPÖ) stressed on Thursday that this was not a problem. According to Hofer, there is currently no majority of EU transport ministers for a toll collection system based on routes.

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