abstract:Peter Hartz (born 9 August 1941 in Sankt Ingbert), was the human resources executive at the German public company Volkswagen AG (VW). Twenty percent of Volkswagen's shares are owned by the state of Lower Saxony.
At first his new government had appeared to be watering down the proposals of PeterHartz, a Volkswagen manager, to make the labour market more efficient.
The proposals for labour-market reform put forward in the summer at the government's suggestion by PeterHartz, a senior Volkswagen man, are a test of the new government's determination to enact painful structural reforms.