Merkel rival Schulz says executives endangering German car industry


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  • Sunday, 13 Aug 2017

Germany's Social Democratic Party candidate for chancellor Martin Schulz arrives to attend a meeting with members of the Italian Coast Guard in Catania, Italy July 27, 2017. REUTERS/Antonio Parrinello

BERLIN (Reuters) - Martin Schulz, the main challenger to Chancellor Angela Merkel in Germany's Sept. 24 election, accused the country's auto executives on Sunday of putting the industry at risk by failing to plan for the future.

The future of the auto sector, Germany's biggest exporter and provider of some 800,000 jobs, has become a hot election issue as politicians pile blame on executives and each other for the sector's battered reputation after an emissions scandal.

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