# Dieselgate breaks while Merkel’s government oversees vehicle type-approval

Date: 2015

On 18 September 2015 US EPA disclosed Volkswagen’s defeat devices. German type-approval sat under her transport ministry. Later recall programmes were slower than US enforcement. The scandal is a corporate fraud; the oversight gap is public.

## People

- Angela Merkel: https://factrail.ai/people/angela-merkel

## Drivers

- Institutional Corruption: https://factrail.ai/drivers/institutional-corruption

## Sources

- https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-volkswagen-idUSKCN0RI1YK20150918/
- https://www.epa.gov/vw/volkswagen-violations

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/de-dieselgate-response