MUNICH (Reuters) - The head of Volkswagen's (DE:VOWG_p) truck operations has rapped the prolonged political deadlock in Europe's largest economy as a risk for the commercial-vehicle industry and the country's reputation abroad.
Ten weeks after the Sept. 24 federal elections, Germany still lacks a new government and Chancellor Angela Merkel is casting around for a coalition partner.
"Germany can afford itself many things, but not an unstable government," VW Truck & Bus chief executive Andreas Renschler said on Friday at a truck industry conference. "We have a problem in Germany if we persist in that (instability). Our role in Europe but also in the world forbids that."