Germany news: VW to step up cost-cutting program

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Volkswagen's CEO says the carmaker will accelerate its streamlining measures as workers protest. The Israeli ambassador says the Left Party win in Berlin polls poses a risk to the city's Jewish community. DW has more.

  • The CEO of carmaker Volkswagen says 'there is no time to lose' as the company pursues a drastic cost-cutting agenda
  • Israel's ambassador to Germany says the victory of the Left party in Berlin state elections poses 'a concrete and direct danger' to the capital's Jewish population
  • The conservative bloc of Friedrich Merz is marking 150 years since the birth of the Federal Republic's first chancellor, Konrad Adenauer, with a conference

This is a roundup of the top headlines from and about Germany on Tuesday, September 22, 2026:

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