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Germany: Volkswagen CEO speaks out against rightwing & xenophobic AfD party
The chief executive of Volkswagen AG (VOW.XE), Germany's largest industrial group, on Monday took a rare stand in national politics, issuing a statement to condemn the election to parliament of the nationalist Alternative for Deutschland party as shocking and a watershed in Germany's postwar history. The anti-immigration AfD won 13% of the vote on Sunday as voters angry over Chancellor Angela Merkel's refugee policies abandoned the mainstream parties...