![]() ![]() “The manipulation destroys the trust in the technical quality of the German car industry and harms Germany as an industrial location,” Langen said.īrussels Latest news, analysis and comment from POLITICO’s editors and guest writers in Europe. German MEP Werner Langen told Winterkorn it would be “inevitable” for him to retire in order to prevent further harm from company and country, Langen said in an emailed statement. The company board meets on Friday to discuss his contract renewal. Martin Winterkorn, Volkswagen’s CEO who had been up for reappointment, now looks certain to lose his job, part of what could be a wider purge of the carmaker’s top management. The accusation, which Volkswagen has not denied - it issued an apology over the weekend - deals a hammer-blow to the reputation of the company and to Germany as a whole. Switzerland and South Korea announced their own inquiries. German Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt said in an interview with Bild newspaper that he was ordering independent experts to investigate all Volkswagen diesel cars on the market. “The manipulation … harms Germany as an industrial location” - Werner Langen, MEP National authorities then administer the tests and grant approvals to carmakers, allowing their vehicles to be sold across the EU. Most Volkswagen and Audi cars are approved by the German authority, according to the Italian ministry. The EU lays out a framework for countries to follow when they issue certificates of compliance for cars, including emissions limits. where there are different approval regulations, were carried out for approvals by the German authority for Europe, and whether these cars were sold in Italy,” the ministry said in a statement. “The minister wants to know whether these offenses, which happened in the U.S. ![]() In a letter to Germany’s Federal Motor Transport Authority, the Italian ministry expressed concern about the news and its possible repercussions on the European Union’s system for regulating and approving cars. The Italian ministry of transport is launching its own probe into whether Volkswagen cars equipped with software to skirt emissions limits were also sold in Italy. However, Michel Sapin, the French finance minister, demanded a European investigation into Volkswagen. “These are serious matters, and it is legitimate to punish if necessary,” Sapin told France’s Radio1. The EU is preparing a new battery of emissions testing that will be able to measure a car’s performance on the road and not just in a lab, Caudet said. It is premature for us to draw any conclusions,” said Lucia Caudet, a Commission spokeswoman. “We need to clarify the facts of what happened to get to the bottom of this. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |