10/10/2017 (Agence Europe) – Asked on 7 September to reply within one month to the letter that was sent by the national consumer protection authorities and European Commissioner for Consumers Vera Jourovà, the head of Volkswagen, Matthias Müller "replied" on Monday evening, 9 October. He had been asked to confirm that the cars with cheat engines would be 'repaired' by autumn 2017 and that the demands made on behalf of the duped European consumers would be met (see EUROPE 11857). EUROPE was informed of this by the spokesperson for consumer policy, Christian Wigand, on Tuesday 10 October. The Commission has nevertheless declined to say whether VW replied favourably to the demands. "We will now analyse the reply", Wigand simply stated. (AN)