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VW board members came close to demanding Piech's resignation, paper says

Piech suffered a rare defeat after criticizing Winterkorn.
April 18, 2015 05:00 AM

FRANKFURT(Reuters) -- Senior members of Volkswagen's supervisory board were prepared to demand Chairman Ferdinand Piech's resignation had he not agreed to a statement backing CEO Martin Winterkorn, a German newspaper reported.

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