North Rhine-Westphalia State Highway

The state of North Rhine-Westphalia against the highway tax: The highway tax continues to cause conflicts between states in Germany. The state of North Rhine-Westphalia (KRV) is advocating the exact opposition to the Highway Tax for foreign users, which the state of Bavaria is particularly insistent on.
KRV Ministry of Transport sözcü“We will not attempt to make a project that cannot be implemented even more impractical.” said. KRV Transport Minister Groschek has always expressed his opposition to the highway tax from the very beginning. According to Groschek, the vehicles that have damaged and destroyed German highways are heavy-duty trucks over 7,5 tons.
Support came to the ministers from neighboring countries. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, who came to the KRV to hold official talks in the past, expressed his attitude towards the highway tax in a joint statement he made with Prime Minister Hannelore Kraft. Netherlands and Belgium are the leading countries that announce that they will file international complaints if highway tax is applied.