The Presidium of the Supervisory Board of Volkswagen, it is almost a revolt against Firmenpatriarch Ferdinand Piëch, according to newspaper reports. The chairman of the board had initially refused obstinately to leave Group boss Martin Winterkorn in office and agree to a corresponding declaration of the five other members, reported the “Frankfurter Allgemeine Sunday newspaper” pre citing circles of the Supervisory Board. The five supervisory boards have Piëch, however, turned down any concessions and were willing, if necessary, ask him to resign. Only when Piëch gave in on Friday morning, Volkswagen was able to publish the message to the adherence to Winterkorn.
The Bureau had met on Thursday in Salzburg, to discuss the power struggle between Winterkorn (67) and Piëch (78). The chairman of the board had a week earlier the CEO revoked the trust and Volkswagen thus plunged into a crisis of leadership. However, the Bureau of the Supervisory Board strengthened Winterkorn at the emergency meeting of the back. The manager is to remain at the VW-tip. At the same time an extension of his contract he was promised.
Also, the “Bild am Sonntag” Piëch now looks towards a broad front of opponents. “The majority is against Piëch,” citing the Journal of a supervisory board. Thus, in addition to the ten employees’ representatives want to deselect the two supervisory boards of Lower Saxony and the Porsche family Piëch. This would be 14 of the 20 supervisory boards. Volkswagen, Porsche and Piëch’s office in Stuttgart in Salzburg wanted on Saturday night not comment on that.
Even after the detention of Volkswagen at Winterkorn sees the auto expert Stefan Bratzel the future of manager at the Wolfsburg-based carmaker not backed up. “Supervisory boss Ferdinand Piëch has lost a small battle, but the war is far from decided,” said the Professor of Automotive Management at the University of Applied Sciences Bergisch Gladbach Oldenburg’s “West-Zeitung”. Piëch leave so easily not loose. “In order to operate well, Winterkorn has the full support of the Supervisory Board and not just parts.”
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