FRANKFURT—Key Volkswagen AG shareholders continue to back the car maker's finance chief Hans Dieter Pö tsch as the next supervisory board chairman, they said on Wednesday, amid speculation of further management changes.

"The Porsche-Piech family stands firmly behind Mr. Pö tsch as chairman of the Volkswagen supervisory board," said a spokesman for Porsche SE, the family holding company that owns a majority of Volkswagen's voting rights.

Core shareholders and labor representatives at Volkswagen will meet later on Wednesday to discuss developments in the company's emission crisis, which erupted after U.S. environmental authorities said the car maker had intentionally installed software to make vehicles perform better in emissions tests than on the road.

As a result of the scandal, Volkswagen has moved to streamline management, and former chief executive Martin Winterkorn resigned.

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