The Finance Minister says that DM300million will be saved by the law. Gravy manufacturer Thommy is being blackmailed. This was reported by the company yesterday. So far, however, no foreign substances have been found in their products. As a prevention, the sauces and gravies produced by the company have been removed from the shelves in supermarkets in Dortmund, Kassel, and Hanover.
Nothing is known so far about the demands of the unknown extortionist.
Volkswagen subsidy dispute continues The federal government decided not to take its own judicial steps in the dispute about subsidies paid by the state of Saxony to Volkswagen. Evidently, the government wants to prevent an escalation in the subsidy dispute with the European Commission. Minister of Economics Guenter Rexrodt also advocated a win-win solution. The Bonn government has three more weeks to file its own complaint according to the Economics Ministry. This would leave time for more clarifying talks with Brussels.