VW Executives Face Cake Attack, Shouting Activists in Berlin (2)

Volkswagen AG contended with a combative atmosphere at the carmaker’s annual general meeting in Berlin as climate protesters blocked access to the venue and shouting activists interrupted speeches from management.

Around a dozen people staged a protest that blocked traffic, arguing the carmaker was “making climate-damaging decisions,” ahead of the start of the meeting on Wednesday. Once underway at Berlin’s City Cube venue, the event saw protesters shout accusations of forced labor in China during speeches from Chief Executive Officer Oliver Blume and Chairman Hans Dieter Poetsch.

A worker cleans up cake thrown by a protester near Wolfgang Porsche at the Volkswagen AG AGM in Berlin, on May 10.

Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg

One protester also threw cake in the direction of Wolfgang Porsche ...