Another European crisis

摘要

EVERY winter, northern Europeans bound for ski holidays zip insouciantly through the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany on motorways that are free of charge. But near the borders of Austria or Switzerland they must pull over to buy stickers so that they can drive on the Alpine motorways-even as Austrian and Swiss cars zoom in the opposite direction onto Germany's free Autobahn. To the perceived injustices in the European Union (EU), add another: the nuisances of a quilt of road-tolls.