Entwicklungshilfe für Deutschland

We do not want to stand by idly while Germany continues to finance the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine. Especially not when there are options as simple as a speed limit. Every drop of Russian oil in German tanks - every cent that flows into Russian weapons is one too many. The German government's argument against a speed limit is neither sustainable nor appropriate to the current crisis.

That's right. Development aid for Germany does not aim for a permanent solution either. We are there for our Minister of Transport and for Germany to fill a gap that the federal government cannot (or does not want to) fill right now. Of course, we will stop our campaign immediately when the general speed limit is in place. Because with a general speed limit, we wouldn’t need more signs at all, but fewer... Until then, we'll help Germany bridge the sign shortage.

First stage: Help the German Minister of Transport to bridge the signpost shortage. Second stage: Self-dissolution - because if a general speed limit is introduced, the EfD has fulfilled its purpose for the speed limit and can continue to take care of other important things ...

Putting up traffic signs in public spaces is actually a matter for the authorities. If you do this without official permission, you are at least liable to prosecution for usurpation of authority under §132 of the Criminal Code. Putting stickers on signs is probably punishable as damage to property under §303 StGB. And anyone who enters a motorway as a pedestrian commits an administrative offence and risks a fine of 10 euros. So: Erecting signs or affixing stickers to them is prohibited.

In the first six months after Russia's major attack on Ukraine, Germany imported over 8 billion euros worth of oil and oil products - that's over 40 million euros every day, almost 1.75 million every hour or 29,000 euros every second. The EU has imposed an oil embargo on Russia. However, this will not come into force until the turn of the year 2022/2023. Moreover, the import of oil through pipelines is exempt. So Germany and Europe have realized that they are financing the war against Ukraine by buying fossil fuels from Russia. But they are taking their time to do something about it ...

With a speed limit of 100 km/h on motorways and 80 km/h on country roads, we could immediately do without 7% of the oil imported from Russia (cf. Greenpeace https://greenwire.greenpeace.de/Tempolimit-Aktion). With a general speed limit, we could thus significantly and quite easily reduce the amount that Germany contributes daily to the financing of the war crimes of Butscha, Mariupol and Isjun.

Of course! You can order stickers just like that - even without money. If you want to get involved in other ways, we'd be happy too. Just write to us at: mail@entwicklungshilfe-fuer-deutschschland.org.ua. We know how hard it is for Germany right now.

Donations via this website go to the Peng! Collective and thus go towards funding the printing costs of the stickers. This way, everyone can order stickers, even without money. If we take in more than the cost of printing the stickers, the rest goes into the legal processing of the action.