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Supervisory Board accepts apology of Dr. Herbert Diess

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Michael Brendel
Michael Brendel
Volkswagen Group Communications Head of Supervisory Board Communications

Wolfsburg. At yesterday’s Supervisory Board meeting, which focused on personnel matters, the Su-pervisory Board and Dr. Herbert Diess also discussed statements of Dr. Diess at an internal event. Dr. Diess formally apologised for these statements towards the members of the Supervisory Board, declaring that these statements were inappropriate and wrong. The members of the Supervisory Board accepted the apology of Dr. Diess, and will continue to support him in his work.

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