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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8529

28 August 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/transport/germany
Greens welcome Palacio-Stolpe agreement on tolls for some heavy vehicles, CDU and CSU criticism

Brussels, 26/08/2003 (Agence Europe) - German MEPs are divided over the compromise struck on Tuesday by Transport Commissioner Loyola de Palacio and German transport minister Manfred Stolpe concerning the introduction of tolls for lorries on German motorways and aid for lorry drivers (see yesterday's Europe, p.6). The Greens welcome the solution decided upon to solve the dispute (addressed by President Romano Prodi and Chancellor Schröder in Verona), while the CDU/CSU MEPs see it as...

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