Germany in EU dock over Volkswagen law
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The European Commission has begun legal action against Germany over the so-called &quot;Volkswagen law&quot; which protects the carmaker from hostile takeovers.
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Volkswagen demanded a two-year wage freeze for the 170,000-strong workforce at Europe&#39;s biggest car maker yesterday, provoking union warnings of imminent conflict at key pay and conditions negotiations.
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The head of personnel at Volkswagen AG said the automaker will have to make dramatic reductions in jobs in Germany if it doesn't get the labor-cost savings it wants in ongoing wage talks, a newspaper reported ...
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Volkswagen AG, Europe&#39;s biggest carmaker, faces production losses at its Wolfsburg headquarters after a sixth set of contract talks with union negotiators on cost cuts, job security and pay ended without agreement.
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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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The European Union's  highest court on Tuesday struck down a German law that shielded  Volkswagen  from takeover, paving the way for Porsche  to take majority control of Europe's biggest carmaker.
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European Court of Justice finds Germany's "Volkswagen Law" to protect hostile takeovers invalid, too restrictive of capital movement.
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4,000 Volkswagen employees yesterday staged strikes against plans by the car manufacturer to freeze wages for two years. Volkswagen says it needs to cut costs because of competition from low-cost rivals, and
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A German law that protects Volkswagen from takeover breaks European Union rules, a top court official rules.
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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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Germany's Angela Merkel denounces EU plans to fine carmakers that do not meet carbon dioxide emission caps.
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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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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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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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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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WOLFSBURG, Germany : Around 4,000 workers at three factories of German car giant Volkswagen halted production for about an hour overnight in the first official warning strikes aimed at putting pressure on management in the deadlocked wage talks, unions
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The European Commission takes the German government to court for maintaining a law which protects car giant VW from takeover.