Germany in the dock over VW law
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The European Commission takes the German government to court for maintaining a law which protects car giant VW from takeover.
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The EU Commission on Wednesday dragged Berlin to court over a law that shields carmaking icon Volkswagen from hostile takeovers, the culmination of a long campaign to break down barriers to foreign investment.
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In the wake of the latest British scare, Germany has erupted in a rancorous dispute over how to deal with a terrorist threat.
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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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Members of one of Germany's governing parties on Saturday backed a proposal to introduce a speed limit on highways, a measure that would revoke a cherished freedom in this rule-bound country and was likely to be met with resistance.
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The regional state authorities of Lower Saxony has denied a newspaper report that said they were seeking support from other shareholders in Volkswagen in the escalating battle for control of the German auto giant with luxury sports car maker Porsche.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday pledged to oppose a strict European Union limit on cars' average carbon dioxide emissions, arguing that different models should face different caps.Comment
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The German government said on Monday a law penalizing people for displaying Nazi symbols might need to be changed after a court fined a man for selling anti-Nazi T-shirts and badges bearing swastikas.
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A Volkswagen worker protests with a sign reading &quot;Captain Hartz, it&#39;s a trip on the Titanic for us&quot; during a warning strike at the Volkswagen factory in Hanover, northern Germany, on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2004.
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Negotiations between VW and unions about radical cost savings at its German factories resume against a backdrop of falling profits at Europe's largest car maker.
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Volkswagen&#39;s labor negotiations in Germany began Wednesday with union demands for raises and job guarantees and company calls for a two-year pay freeze.
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BRUSSELS : The European Commission sued the German government after it ignored demands to amend a law that protects national car icon Volkswagen from hostile takeover.
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FRANKFURT - Sports car maker Porsche has an open road to make another bid for Volkswagen now that the European Union's highest court struck down the nearly 50-year-old "VW law" enacted to protect Europe's largest automaker from a hostile takeover.
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The European Commission said Monday it was suing Germany over a law allowing Deutsche Telekom AG to keep rivals off its high-speed Internet networks.
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Germany's Angela Merkel denounces EU plans to fine carmakers that do not meet carbon dioxide emission caps.
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Germany, with its high costs, reluctant consumers and restive auto workers, has become a major drag on the country's two largest carmakers, DaimlerChrysler and Volkswagen , which both reported mixed earnings on ...
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A German law that prevents a foreign takeover of carmaker Volkswagen is ruled illegal by a European court.