Far-right AfD to hold meeting at hall bearing Volkswagen’s name, and VW is not pleased
VW has urged the arena’s operator to cover its logo during the anti-immigrant group’s meeting at the Volkswagen Halle in Braunschweig
27 November 2019 - 18:27
Frankfurt — Volkswagen (VW) is grappling with an unwanted connection to Germany’s far-right AfD party, which is holding its national convention at a hall that bears the carmaker’s name this weekend.
VW has called on its workers to “resist the lure of populism,” and legal affairs chief Hiltrud Werner described the AfD’s growing support as an “increasing problem” in eastern Germany, where it recorded strong gains in state elections this fall...
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