Court of Justice 13 February 2007, C-112/05 (Commission of the European Communities v Federal Republic of Germany.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General I – Introduction 1. The Volkswagen company, which is unquestionably associated more with the German economic miracle than with its grim national socialist origins, constitutes the most visible example of the success of the social market economy, a development model introduced in the Federal Republic of Germany after the Second World