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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11142

29 August 2014
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) transport
Dutch drivers protest against planned German toll

Brussels, 28/08/2014 (Agence Europe) - A petition against a German plan to introduce a toll for cars, rather than just lorries, has already received more than 45,000 Dutch signatures.

At the beginning of July, the German Department of Transport introduced a legislative proposal seeking to generate €600 million a year to fund road infrastructure in the country (see EUROPE 11117). Dutch car users, however, fear that the money generated will be at the expense of car users in other...