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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11590

9 July 2016
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) industry
Verheugen will appear before Parliament VW committee of inquiry

Brussels, 08/07/2016 (Agence Europe) - The former industry commissioner, German national Günter Verheugen, has bowed to pressure and agreed to appear before the EMIS committee of inquiry, whose task it is to shed light on the cheat devices scandal.

According to our information, Verheugen informed committee chair Kathleen Van Brempt (S&D, Belgium) of his U-turn in a letter dated Friday 8 July.

The only request made by the former commissioner is that, in exchange for his full cooperation,...

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