| Qatar, the third-largest shareholder in Volkswagen, is urging the German carmaker to reduce the influence of its powerful trade unions as it battles to overcome its emissions scandal, a German newspaper reported on Sunday. Bild am Sonntag, without citing sources, said the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) would use a meeting on Sunday with VW Chief Executive Matthias Mueller and other top players in the firm to demand a scaling back of the role of the works council.
The QIA, which holds a 17 percent stake in Europe's largest automaker, declined to comment, while a VW spokesman said Mueller's talks in Qatar with the QIA "serve the communication of VW's new leadership with an important partner."..............................................Full Article: Source
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