all names

Lies person

Named in 2 reports across 2 stories - 31 Aug – 17 Sept
31 Aug 202617 Sept 2026

Closest companions, sized by how often they share a report with Lies. Lines between the outer names are their own relationships - names that appear together even without Lies.

Bund and Özdemir share 1 reportBund and Strang share 1 reportÖzdemir and Strang share 1 reportSöder and Strang share 1 reportÖzdemir and Söder share 1 reportEU and Söder share 1 reportEU and Özdemir share 1 reportBund and Söder share 1 reportBund and EU share 1 reportMinisterpräsident and VW-Werk Emden share 1 reportEU and Strang share 1 reportLiesBundBund - 1 shared report (organization)EUEU - 1 shared report (organization)Ministerprä…Ministerpräsident - 1 shared report (person)ÖzdemirÖzdemir - 1 shared report (person)SöderSöder - 1 shared report (person)StrangStrang - 1 shared report (place)VW-Werk Emd…VW-Werk Emden - 1 shared report (organization)

The stories

Volkswagen owners urge urgent action to cut costs, fend off China rivals

45 outlets1 report names Lies7 Aug – 19 Sept

Söder, Özdemir and Lies: Auto countries demand more support from the federal government and EU

1 outlets1 report names Lies17 Sept

Who keeps naming them

Die Zeit (Germany)1Der Spiegel (Germany)1

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