According to Environment Minister Svenja Schulze (SPD), a general speed limit on German motorways is not yet off the table. If traffic in climate protection does not progress sufficiently, Schulze will not rule out a speed limit. Since a speed limit was decided in the Netherlands, the discussion about it has also rekindled in this country.
Accordingly, the SPD wanted a speed limit for security reasons, said the Social Democrat on Thursday in Berlin. But it is not feasible in the coalition with the Union - "at least not at the moment". SPD politicians made it clear that the topic should be back on the agenda, for example, when deliberating on more traffic safety - and that the majority of people would only say no to the coalition with the Union. In the coming years, every year, it checks whether CO2 emissions are falling in traffic. "I do not think that's the last word spoken," says Schulze.
Tempo is 100 in the Netherlands
The Greens in the Bundestag also confirmed their demand for a speed limit on all motorways. Union, FDP and AfD categorically rejected a speed limit in the Bundestag debate.
The Netherlands are setting 100th speed limit on all their motorways. Although this is a "shitty measure", but the speed limit in view of the necessary reduction in the emission of nitrogen oxides is inevitable, said Prime Minister Mark Rutte. In Germany, the debate usually revolves around a general maximum speed of 120 or 130 kilometers per hour.