Janine Wissler: Left leader demands upper weight limit for new cars. "SUVs in which two tons of metal move 70 kilograms of people through the city are absurd," she says.

Paris recently voted in a referendum to drastically increase parking fees for heavy cars - to 18 euros per hour. Berlin and Brandenburg have no plans to emulate Paris in this respect.. The German city and municipality is also against such an approach. This is not a blueprint for Germany, says Managing Director André Berghegger.