Status: 08.12.2022 20:53
The open financial questions about the Deutschlandticket have been clarified: the federal and state governments want to share the costs equally. The transition is expected to start next year.
According to Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the federal and state governments have resolved their dispute over the introduction of the 49-euro national fare on local public transport. “The passage of Germany will come now, also very quickly,” Scholz said after consultations with the prime ministers of the federal states. Scholz did not provide further information about the content, for example, the start date.
“We’ve now removed all the hurdles so those responsible in the federal states and the transportation companies can now do everything to ensure this moves forward quickly and efficiently,” he continued. Lower Saxony Prime Minister Stephan Weil (SPD) said: “Today we are so far gone that we can say: the financial foundations for this have been laid.” The federal and state governments wanted to split the costs in half, he said. Now the expectation is that the relevant laws can be put on track quickly.
Ticket from Germany should come in 2023
More recently, there was a dispute over the financing of the passage, which was already foreseen, in principle, by the federal and state governments. The federal states required a higher federal contribution to costs.
The German ticket for buses and trains in local transport with an introductory price of 49 euros per month should therefore start in the new year. In the federal states, April 1st of the next year was the last time the start date for passing through Germany was discussed. It’s meant to combine with the summer’s popular €9 ticket.
Christoph Mestmacher, ARD Berlin, with evaluations of the results of the federal-state meeting
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Overall, Scholz achieved a positive balance one year after starting the traffic light coalition. “We managed to find solutions in a difficult situation for our country,” he said.
In addition to the German ticket, the federal and state governments also discussed and in some cases decided on the following:
Accommodation for refugees from Ukraine
In view of the persistently high number of refugees from Ukraine, the federal government also wants to provide accommodation. The states have asked the federal government “to ensure that the Federal Agency for Real Estate Tasks (BImA) also makes space available,” said North Rhine-Westphalia Prime Minister Hendrik Wüst. Federal states are preparing to receive numerous refugees in the coming weeks and months. In some places, emergency accommodation in tents and gymnasiums can also be re-assembled.
regulation of difficulties
In addition, the federal and state governments have agreed hardship regulations for small and medium-sized businesses to help curb high energy prices. The federal government will support the activities of the federal states with one billion euros. A part of these measures can also be of help to companies that heat with oil or wood pellets. Apparently there shouldn’t be any general help for oil and wood pellet heating systems
Mandatory elementary damage insurance
The federal and state governments still disagree on the introduction of mandatory natural hazard insurance. In the summer, there was agreement on the introduction of such insurance in the aftermath of the flood disaster in 2021, Wüst said after the meeting. Now, however, the Minister of Justice, Marco Buschmann, has rejected mandatory insurance, causing “astonishment”. The topic will now be re-examined and discussed again next year.