Olaf Lies

With this agreement, we are unlocking a genuine industrial opportunity for Osnabrück,

• said Olaf Lies, Minister-President of the State of Lower Saxony
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Given international competition, the challenges facing Volkswagen and the German automotive industry are enormous,

• Olaf Lies, the minister-president of Lower Saxony, said in a statement on Thursday
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We need a competitive framework and a trade policy that strengthens our industrial base in an increasingly fierce global competition,

• Lies added
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We will not agree to any strategy that presents plant closures and the reduction of industrial jobs as a supposedly easy solution,

• said a spokesperson for Olaf Lies, the Social Democratic Party premier of Lower Saxony, where Volkswagen is headquartered
  Politico Europepolitico.eu/article/germanys…Sep 3, 17:14

For me as prime minister, it is inconceivable that we will no longer build cars here,

• said Lies
  Politico Europepolitico.eu/article/germanys…Sep 3, 17:14

With its sites in Lower Saxony and ‌across ​Germany, its tens of thousands of employees and their families, and its suppliers and service providers, Volkswagen also bears an enormous responsibility for the wider economy and society,

• Lies said
  Deutsche Welledw.com/en/germany…Aug 29, 23:09