Volkswagen: No compensation for Europe

Volkswagen’s chief executive has rejected calls for the carmaker to compensate customers in Europe over the ‘Dieselgate’ emissions scandal along the lines of its $15bn (€13.5bn) in the US, telling a German newspaper a similar settlement would be inappropriate and unaffordable.

Europe’s Industry Commissioner Elzbieta Bienkowska last week called on Volkswagen to also compensate European owners of its diesel-powered cars, saying it would be unfair for them to be treated differently from US customers just because of a different legal system.

“We have a different situation here (in Europe),” Matthias Mueller was quoted as saying by Welt am Sonntag.