German state wants to keep minority blocking stake in VW: premier
AFP, April, 2008
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FRANKFURT (AFP) — The German state of Lower Saxony wants to preserve a minority blocking stake in Volkswagen to ensure the company's stability, regional premier Christian Wulff said Thursday in a press interview.
"After the war, Volkswagen was destined to become a group owned by the people, with its shares distributed widely. There was not supposed to be a dominant shareholder," Wulff told the daily Die Welt.
"That is why it should be possible to conserve a minority blocking stake, as in the past," he added.
The Europe's biggest carmaker is the focus of a determined push by luxury sports car maker Porsche to prevent new legislation that would preserve the state's veto over strategic decisions and which has sparked tension between European Union and German authorities.
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Porsche is in the process of taking over VW but under a current and a proposed German law, strategic decisions ...
