display
Federal Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer (CSU) has apologized for the fiasco in connection with the failed car toll.
“Of course I am very, very sorry if I have annoyed or disappointed people with my decisions,” he told the “Passauer Neue Presse” (Wednesday edition).
The transport minister emphasized that he had to sign the contracts with the toll operators.
“I had no other choice in this situation.
I had the clear legal mandate to start the toll in 2020, ”he told the newspaper.
Regarding the meeting of the parliamentary committee of inquiry on January 28th, where Scheuer had to testify again, the CSU politician said: “I am focused and very well prepared”.
He added: "After all, this is the last meeting of the committee of inquiry and a lot has certainly built up with the opposition - but also with me."
display
According to the report, after the conclusion of the committee, the CSU politician does not expect any consequences for himself.
"As is customary in committees of inquiry, there will be two votes in the end," he said.
The parliamentary committee of inquiry is working on the processes surrounding the failed car toll.
Scheuer had already signed contracts to collect the toll at the end of 2018, before there was final legal certainty about the former CSU prestige project.
In June 2019, the ECJ overturned the toll plans.