Former Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schröder is annoyed about the abolition of the famous VW currywurst in one of the Wolfsburg-based carmaker's canteens. “If I were still on the supervisory board of #VW, there would have been no such thing,” wrote Schröder on Tuesday in a post on the social platform Linkedin. “A vegetarian diet is good, I do it myself in phases. But basically no currywurst? No! ”He made clear and asked if the employees really wanted that. “Currywurst with French fries is one of the power bars of the skilled worker in production. It should stay that way. "
In Hanover, as in Berlin, there are “excellent curry sausages”, Schröder continues.
“I don't want to do without that, and I think: many others don't want that in their company canteens either.” He added the hashtag “#rettetdieCurrywurst”.
The former SPD Chancellor, who was Prime Minister of Lower Saxony from 1990 to 1998 and a representative of the state on VW's supervisory board, is followed by around 64,000 users on LinkedIn.
The company restaurant in the VW brand high-rise should be meat-free after the company holiday.
The 150 or so recipes should then do without meat.
The famous sausage will still be available in the canteen a few meters away on the opposite side of the street.
Many employees wanted vegetarian and vegan alternatives, according to an internal information letter.
Most recently there were around 7 million curry sausages from the Volkswagen butcher's shop in the pre-Corona year 2019, plus more than 550 tons of ketchup, as a spokesman said. However, many company restaurants at the car manufacturer are currently still closed.