On Thursday 12 October, Jörg Leichtfried, the Austrian Transport Minister announced that the Austrian government had launched proceedings for failure to fulfil an obligation at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) against Germany. The latter’s introduction of a motorway vignette system is accused of causing indirect discrimination against non-German nationals.
There is nothing new about Austria’s intention to take matters to the ECJ. The Austrian authorities announced this on 31 March...