German truckers to fight higher fuel charges Thursday 6 January 2000 German truckers to fight higher fuel charges Germany's road haulage industry is set to take on the government in the federal constitutional court after commissioning a report concluding that new ecotaxes introduced last April and extended from 1 January may be at odds with the country's constitution. Although German diesel tax is currently in line with the European average, the country's road haulage industry is under pressure from increased competition from eastern European countries.
Competition is ever stronger, especially looking to the east.
Germany is on eastern Europe's doorstep. The mineral oil tax added to Germany's labour costs is just a step in the wrong direction.