Autobahn row hits German election: `we`re selling it off like a second-hand car`
(The Guardian Germany)

Public-private partnerships deals under Merkel have become big issue as parties debate how best to renew infrastructureGermany´s autobahn has for decades served as a monument to the country´s proud history of planning and engineering, its `grey track, white stripes, green edge` memorialised in song by Kraftwerk and dotted with roadside churches where Catholics and Protestants can pray to the hum of freewheeling traffic.But on the eve of Germany´s federal elections the motorway has become a stage where the country´s reputation for efficiency and fiscal prudence is being severely tested. Continue reading...