Franziska Giffey (SPD), Governing Mayor of Berlin Photo: picture alliance/dpa
From BZ/dpa
Berlin’s Governing Mayor Franziska Giffey does not expect the Deutschlandticket to be introduced in April as originally planned.
“It looks like it will probably be May, but that now depends on the negotiations. I very much hope that it will be successful,” said the SPD politician on Thursday evening after the federal-state meeting on the “RTL Direkt” program.
The Germany ticket for buses and trains in local transport is to be available at an introductory price of 49 euros per month.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) said after the meeting with the heads of state:
“The Deutschlandticket will come now, also very quickly. We have now removed all the hurdles so that those responsible in the federal states and the transport companies can now do everything to ensure that this progresses quickly and efficiently.”
Giffey was relieved that the federal and state governments were able to agree on financing the 49-euro ticket. “And now the Federal Transport Minister, together with the state transport ministers, has the task of preparing and implementing this.
The 50-50 agreement on costs is a good start,” said Berlin’s head of government.