Merkel Testifies In Bundestag Volkswagen Diesel Scandal Hearings

BERLIN, GERMANY - MARCH 08: A demonstrator wears a respiratory mask reading 'Diesel Causes Cancer' in German outside of a German federal parliament, or Bundestag, hearing on the Volkswagen (VW) emmissions scandal attended by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, on March 8, 2017 in Berlin, Germany. The hearing was expected to concentrate on the relationship between Merkel, a staunch defender of her country's auto industry, and Volkswagen's former Chief Executive Martin Winterkorn, as well as how much she knew of the company's tampering with some of its cars' diesel engines to activate emissions test software only when the vehicles were subjected to examination. The ensuing scandal has analysts estimating the cost to the company tens of billions of dollars. (Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images)