Traffic jam or politics: a dangerous trip into the election season!

On January 11, 2025, the Schwäbische Post devoted itself to the thought of traffic jams and political parties in an article by Jürgen Steck. The author, who is at the end of the holiday, takes the opportunity to think about the reform backlog in Germany and reflect on how the Swabian Post can initiate the campaign phase.

Steck draws a comparison between traffic jams and the political parties. It describes the positions of the various parties: the FDP grants the better earning right of way in traffic jam, the CDU is based on strengthening and expanding roads while the Greens promote rail traffic. The AfD calls for foreigners to be demonstrated for the free travel of the Germans, while the SPD considers the traffic jam as a social democratic phenomenon, in which everyone progresses equally quickly. In order to help the voters, the Swabian post Office check is pointed out, which deals with important topics such as security, tax justice, Ukraine, mobility, pension and migration. The Wahlcheck includes interviews with six direct candidates of the parties represented in the Bundestag and is part of the election offensive of the Swabian Post, which also includes panel discussions and reports.

political unity and disagreement in mobility issues

In another report, the Tagesschau addresses the unity of all parties about the shift of goods from street on rails and waterways. At the same time, however, there are significant differences, especially when it comes to speed on highways: while the Greens and the Left Party are for it, Union and FDP reject such a limit.

The CDU/CSU plans additional funds for the transport infrastructure of 25 billion euros for long -distance roads and supports the relocation of freight traffic to rails and waterways. In addition, the expansion of car sharing and rental bike models is required, while a general speed limit is rejected on motorways.

The SPD sees mobility as an economic, socially just and ecologically sensible task and strives for a drastic reduction in traffic jams by increasing traffic increasingly to rails and waterways. It rejects the privatization of the train and wants to improve punctuality and reliability in rail traffic.

The FDP, on the other hand, relies on the preservation and expansion of traffic routes, in particular the streets, and supports long trucks and the abolition of a general speed limit. Another concern of the FDP is the legalization of radar warning devices.

DIE LINKE calls for “mobility for everyone - with less traffic” and strives for free public transport in the long term, which is to be financed by taxes. The party is emphatic against rail privatization and wants to increase the taxation of road traffic.

The Greens focus on sustainable mobility and want to shift freight traffic from the street to rails and waterways. They also demand a general speed limit of 120 km/h on motorways.

These political positions show the multi -layered views on mobility issues and illustrate the complexity of the discussion in the run -up to the next elections.