(Bloomberg) -- Volkswagen AG is set to escape fines from the German Transport Ministry after cheating on emissions tests for years, despite growing public ire over the lack of compensation for European owners of tainted vehicles.
It’s sufficient for Volkswagen to fix diesel vehicles in Germany so that they meet legal requirements, Transport Ministry spokesman Ingo Strater said Wednesday. Meanwhile, Bild, Germany’s most-read newspaper, took Volkswagen to task for failing to compensate the 2.4 million affected owners in its home country amid growing discontent after Chief Executive Officer Matthias Mueller rejected compensation in Europe.
“It’s not acceptable that the government doesn’t take any real consequences from the emissions scandal and gives a blank check for tricks and deceptions,” said Oliver Krischer, a member of Germany’s Bundestag from the opposition Green Party who is leading a parliamentary investigation committee. “It needs to be explained why companies in Germany don’t pay fines. It’s also not OK that European drivers are treated worse than American VW drivers.”
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