Overview
- Residents still pay 20.40 euros for two years, a level that does not cover reported administrative costs exceeding 42 euros per vignette.
- The SPD proposed raising the fee to about 160 euros per year, but the CDU rejected the plan and insists on an overall redesign.
- CDU transport spokesperson Johannes Kraft argues for simplifying permits so any Berlin resident could obtain a vignette for parking zones.
- SPD transport politician Tino Schopf denounces that idea as a de facto citywide parking flatrate and says it conflicts with public transit goals.
- Opposition leaders criticize the stalemate, with the Greens accusing the CDU of postponing a decision until the election and the Left faulting the coalition for not even reaching cost recovery.