Is this the hoped-for breakthrough? FDP leader Christian Lindner has lifted his blockade against a successor to the 9-euro ticket. The aim now is to set up a “nationwide usable, digitally bookable ticket”, according to the finance minister. Lindner uses a clever trick for the price question.
For months there was a struggle about the 9-euro ticket and possible connection solutions. Ironically, on the last day of its validity, the Gordian knot could be cut and the way clear for a successor.
FDP boss gives up blocking attitude against 9-euro ticket successor
So far, the FDP in particular has been opposed to a 9-euro ticket successor, with reference to the lack of bus and train connections in the country, party leader Christian Lindner even called the 9-euro ticket unfair. Not even a month after the harsh criticism, the finance minister appears to have given up But to have resolved the blockade.
“Volker Wissing convinced me: he can do it with you Fraction of the financial resources of the 9-euro ticket to realize a digitally bookable ticket that can be used nationwide“Lindner said on Twitter. The 9-euro ticket costs the federal government around 1 billion euros a month. The high cost of the state treasury was one of the main reasons why the FDP had so far resisted finding a successor.
Finance Minister Lindner makes the federal states responsible
In fact, the question of assumption of costs is still open. Then According to the Minister of Finance, the price for the successor to the 9-euro ticket can only be determined once the question of financing has been clarified. In the past, the federal states had loudly advocated a follow-up regulation for the 9-euro ticket, but there were no firm commitments to finance it. Here Lindner uses a clever trick and plays the ball back to the federal states.
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Germany ticket for 49 euros?
There are plenty of ideas for a successor to the 9-euro ticket. The proposals from the SPD and the Greens are close together, both traffic light coalition partners envisage a nationwide valid 49-euro ticket for local and regional transport. If the FDP no longer blocks itself in principle, it should probably amount to such a Germany ticket – always on the condition that the federal states play along and get involved in the financing.