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Gerhard Schröder on crusade to save curried sausage at VW

2021-08-11T16:19:58.015Z


The car manufacturer replaced it with Bolognese pasta for ecological reasons. A decision that ignited German social networks, until it rose as the first trend on Twitter.


Gerhard Schröder liked to eat a curry sausage anytime after his long days in the Chancellery.

Whoever slips now at the head of the board of directors of the Russian gas pipeline Nord Stream would like Volkswagen workers to continue to be able to do the same.

The automaker has decided to replace what can be considered Germany's national dish à la carte in a canteen at its Wolfsburg headquarters with Bolognese pasta.

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At issue: the ecological impact of pig farming.

Emotion of the Social Democrat: "

If I was still on VW's supervisory board, this would never have happened!" 

, ”He solemnly criticized on LinkedIn, calling the calorie bomb a

“ vitamin bar ”

for factory workers and assembly line workers.

The spokesperson for the company tried to cut it short by arguing that

"thirty other refectories and bars"

at the headquarters continued to offer meat and

currywurst

, the controversy had already ignited German social networks, to rise as the first trend on Twitter. A front has formed. On the one hand, to wrap up in the defense of the gastronomic heritage of a dish concocted after the war from products made available in the British occupation zones: tomato sauces, Worcestershire and curry. On the other, to castigate the level of concerns of the "old white man" when the planet is on fire. The former chancellor does not care, he launched the hashtag #sauvezlasaucisseaucurry.

Source: lefigaro

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