> The German government did that to compensate for rising gasoline prices In particular, the government reduced the taxes on gasoline due to the high gasoline

> The German government did that to compensate for rising gasoline prices In particular, the government reduced the taxes on gasoline due to the high gasoline prices, a purely populist insanity in these times of climate crisis. Then they remembered that they were elected on a pro-environment platform, and concluded that they also had to support those using public transport, and this was the result.