There are strenuous days for Murat Yilmaz, the works Council of the BMW. He is running as a candidate for the Supervisory Board, argue with the chief of employee representation, and fears for his Job. And then also the cigarette from him last Thursday. Quickly, he worried that his wife, put the Marlboros and rushes from the Munich apartment on the third floor. Once at the bottom, he has forgotten the car keys. Mrs Yilmaz opens the window, throws the key for the Renault C4 on the lawn. “All a bit much,” he says.

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