Herbert dies
The VW boss sees the allegations against him as unfounded.
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FrankfurtVW-Konzernchef Herbert dies considers legal allegations against him personally in the diesel scandal unfounded. “I am of the opinion that the allegations against me are unfounded. This has also resulted in the screening of all documents, “Diess said in an interview published on Friday with the” Tagesspiegel “.
Against Diess determined the Prosecutor’s Office Braunschweig in connection with the diesel exhaust scandal on suspicion of market manipulation. The prosecutors check if Diess, former VW boss Martin Winterkorn and today’s VW-Supervisory Council Chairman Hans Dieter Pötsch informed the investors too late about the exhaust gas fraud in millions of diesel cars and the associated financial consequences.
This was in July 2015, two and a half months before the scandal became known BMW changed to Volkswagen. The VW group had rejected the allegations against the three managers. In separate criminal proceedings for fraud, the prosecutor in April brought charges against Winterkorn. At the current status of the investigations because of market manipulation the authority was not attainable. According to media reports, the lawyers of the accused had file inspection by the end of March.
In the interview Diess also criticized the Federal Government in matters of climate protection and energy transition, The governing parties lacked clear positions and the will to implement them. “When you see how hesitantly the issue of electromobility or the energy turnaround is handled, then it is almost like a shock. I can understand that the youth is therefore on the barricades, “he told the newspaper.
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It was also wrong with regard to the climate goals, first out of nuclear power and then out of the coal-fired power generation. “One should ask oneself whether nuclear power will be phased out as soon as planned,” he added. In the long term, however, it would only be necessary to switch to renewable energy sources, and Volkswagen too would like to work climate-neutrally in accordance with the Paris Climate Change Agreement by 2050.
More: Ex-VW boss Martin Winterkorn threatens a year-long process.
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