āAngela Merkel: Emissions scandal not a government failureā
German Bundestag
German Chancellor Angela Merkel rejected the suggestion that German carmaker VWās emissions cheating was a āfailure of governmentā. The failure was with VW, not the German state, she said in a hearing before an inquiry committee of the federal parliament. On diesel technology, Merkel said there was a conflict of objectives between lowering climate-harmful COā emissions and lowering nitrogen oxide emissions, which are harmful to the peopleās health. The diesel engine was āalways a good optionā to lower COā emissions, said Merkel.
Find the press release in German and a separate FT article in English .
For background read the Ā鶹ĪŽĀė°ę factsheet Dieselgate forces VW to embrace green mobility.
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