Czech MPs approve end to automatic motorway vignette price increases

The Chamber of Deputies on Wednesday approved the abolition of regular price increases for motorway vignettes and changed the validity period of one-day vignettes.

Under the amendment, motorists will continue to pay the current prices in the coming years: 2,570 crowns for an annual vignette, 480 crowns for a monthly vignette, 300 crowns for a ten-day vignette and 230 crowns for a one-day vignette. Discounts for vehicles with alternative propulsion will remain in place.

The amendment abolishes the system of price increases linked to inflation and the number of kilometres of new motorways, introduced by the previous government of Prime Minister Petr Fiala (Civic Democrats).

Opposition MPs described the move as populist.