Germany’s federal and state governments agreed on Friday to introduce a planned €49 ($52) monthly public transport ticket on May 1, although the European Union is yet to give its final approval for the measure. “What many wish for will become reality on May 1,” said the chairman of the Conference of Transport Ministers, Oliver Krischer, on Friday after the meeting of the working group. Sales of the nationwide ticket for regional buses and trains are set to start on April 3, he said. Not only had progress been made on these issues, “but final agreement had been reached on the really important p…