German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attends his first Volkswagen works meeting

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has attended his first Volkswagen works meeting. At the parent plant in Wolfsburg, he spent several hours in intensive discussions with the workforce, the Works Council and members of the Board of Management. In and around hall 11 more than 10,000 employees welcomed the high-ranking politician in the heart of the factory on Thursday. The visit included a 45-minute question and answer session between Volkswagen staff and Germany’s head of government at which the Chancellor answered employees’ questions directly.

Before the works meeting got underway, Scholz was taken on a tour of the Golf production. This year, the all-electric ID.3 will be added to the portfolio of vehicles produced at corporate headquarters. The German Chancellor also used his visit as an opportunity to gain an insight into Volkswagen’s forward-looking vocational training. The last time Volkswagen’s Wolfsburg plant welcomed such a high-ranking politician was around 15 years ago in 2008, when Scholz’s predecessor Angela Merkel stood in front of the workforce.

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