VW Crisis: Hamburg Demands Commitment to E-Mobility - and No Factory Closures

The VW board has exacerbated the automaker's crisis from the perspective of Lower Saxony's Minister of Education, Julia Willie Hamburg. It was extremely unfortunate to question job security first in the debate, said the Green politician, who holds one of the state's two seats on the company's supervisory board. This has put many people in uncertainty and fear. "That was unnecessary," Hamburg said at the state delegate conference of the Greens in Lower Saxony in Gifhorn. 

In light of the many challenges, the minister also said: "The Volkswagen Group has recognized the signs of the times at this point." She described the company's program of measures as "ambitious, highly demanding, and forward-looking." An important goal of the investments is also to finally have cars in the low segment around 20,000 euros in the portfolio again - and with e-mobility. There must now quickly be a solution to help VW regain its strength.