Germany in the dock over VW law
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The European Commission takes Germany to court over a law which protects car giant VW from takeover.
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The European Court of Justice is expected to strike down the so-called Volkswagen Law, created by Germanyâs government to protect the automaker from an unwanted takeover.
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The European Commission dragged  Germany to court on Wednesday over a law that shields carmaking  icon Volkswagen AG from hostile takeovers, the culmination of a  long battle to break down barriers to foreign investment.
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An EU official called on Germany to give up the famous freedom of its highways and impose speed limits on the autobahn to fight global warming &#151; a demand that drew angry responses on Sunday in a country that cherishes what it calls "free driving for free citizens."
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FRANKFURT : Labour conflict looks set to boil over in the German automobile sector in the coming weeks as car makers such as Volkswagen and Opel seek to impose rigorous belt-tightening measures as an answer to chronically weak demand.
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Famed for engineering prowess, the German auto industry is also rife with rivalries and internecine politics.
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The Frankfurt International Motor Show kicked off with a splash Tuesday, and also a dash of controversy from two Chinese-built cars that German automaker BMW said were copies of its own.
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A new facility for VW and Audi could take the edge off the companyâs currency woes. VW sales and marketing chief Georg Flandorfer, in an interview with Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, said that steep losses
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A ruling Tuesday by the European Union's top court on a law shielding Germany's Volkswagen AG from takeover will set the boundaries on how far national governments can go to protect industry.
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Negotiators from Volkswagen AG and Germany's biggest industrial union held a new round of wage talks Thursday, with the union threatening a flurry of short warning strikes if it doesn't get the job guarantees and wage increases it is demanding.
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Volkswagen, Europe's largest carmaker, has become the latest German firm to try to take on unions as it seeks to make major cost cuts.
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The European Union&#39;s head office took Germany to court Wednesday to challenge a German law that effectively protects Volkswagen AG, one of the country&#39;s biggest employers, from hostile takeovers.
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Volkswagen AG is considering building its new "baby Bentley" model in the Dresden, Germany, factory where it assembles its luxury VW Phaeton sedan, the company said Monday.
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Germany, one of the few countries in Europe where motorways are still toll-free, is to start charging trucks for use of the country's chronically overcrowded "Autobahns" next month in a move that some believe ...
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Germany holds an Islam conference to tackle integration problems amid a row about self-censorship.
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But under Germany's new proposed Jewish immigration law, she might not be able to immigrate from St.
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BERLIN (BBC News) - Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel has rejected a call from her Social Democrat coalition partners for a speed limit on the country's motorways. Merkel told German ZDF television that "this is not going to happen with me". "Traffic jams are at least as harmful to the climate as speeding," she said. Unlike its EU neighbours, Germany applies motorway speed restrictions only in traffic bottlenecks, near road works or in particular circumstances.