Germany Vw General Assembly

epa02127313 Hussain Ali Al-Abdulla from Qatar, new member of the supervisory board of Volkswagen, pictured at the company's general meeting in Hamburg, Germany, 22 April 2010. The emirate Qatar is a new major shareholder of Volkswagen. Europe's largest automotive concern Volkswagen increased its profits in the first quarter of 2010. The earnings after taxes increased by nearly 95 percent to 473 million euros, the turnover increased by 19 percent to 28.6 billion euros in comparison to the same period of the previous year.  EPA/KAY NIETFELD