Germany open to class action lawsuits in emissions scandal

Record ID: 904748

  • Title: Germany open to class action lawsuits in emissions scandal
  • Date: 31st July 2017
  • Summary: BERLIN, GERMANY (JULY 31, 2017) (REUTERS) WIDE OF NEWS REGULAR GOVERNMENT NEWS CONFERENCE REPORTERS SEATED (SOUNDBITE) (German) SPOKESMAN FOR GERMAN TRANSPORT MINISTER, SEBASTIAN HILLE, SAYING: "I believe I already said it last week that in principle, we are open to class action lawsuits." WIDE OF NEWS CONFERENCE REPORTERS (SOUNDBITE) (German) GERMAN GOVERNMENT DEPUTY SPOKESPERSON, ULRIKE DEMMER, SAYING: "I can say that the meeting's purpose is of course for politicians to make clear to the car industry what the expectations are. One focus will be the question which manipulations existed and how the industry plans to compensate for the damage caused. There were nitrogen oxide problems in 28 cities and the question will be what the industry has on offer on that subject." REPORTERS SEATED (SOUNDBITE) (German) GERMAN GOVERNMENT DEPUTY SPOKESPERSON, ULRIKE DEMMER, SAYING: "The German government is urging the affected companies suspected of being part of a cartel to cooperate with authorities and to enable a complete clarification." REPORTERS SEATED WIDE OF PODIUM
  • Embargoed: 14th August 2017 14:39
  • Keywords: diesel scandal Germany cars class action lawsuit
  • Location: BERLIN, GERMANY
  • City: BERLIN, GERMANY
  • Country: Germany
  • Topics: Pollution,Environment
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016S1SJ2L
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Germany is open in principle to class action lawsuits against carmakers engulfed in the diesel emissions cheating scandal, the Transport Ministry said on Monday (July 31) ahead of a diesel summit this week.
    Representatives of the federal government, states and major carmakers will meet on Wednesday to discuss ways to avoid diesel bans though a German environmental group is threatening to sue the industry unless it takes radical steps.
    The car industry hopes it can reduce polluting nitrogen oxide emissions with relatively cheap software updates and avoid court bans on diesel cars in some cities.
    But a court on Friday backed a legal bid by German environmental group DUH to ban diesel cars from Stuttgart, which is home to carmakers Porsche, Mercedes-Benz and auto suppliers Bosch and Mahle.
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