Brussels to call Opel summit

Article reports that the European Commission is to organise an urgent summit of industry and economics ministers from European Union countries that have an interest in the disposal of GM‘s Opel division, May 2009.

The move follows a letter sent by Herman van Rompuy, Belgian Prime Minister, to the Commission on the 26 May 2009 in which he asked officials to ensure that any resolution would be fair to all countries in which the US carmaker has operations.

Deutsche Welle, 28.5.09: Emergency Opel talks fail to produce breakthrough http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4285402,00.html

Deutsche Welle, 27.5.09: Opel up for tender, but are German politicians committed enough? http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4284953,00.html

ESO: Background information: Fiat in last-minute revised takeover plan for Opel http://www.europeansources.info/record/fiat-in-last-minute-revised-takeover-plan-for-opel/

BBC News, 28.5.09: Opel talks break down in Berlin http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8071268.stm

European Commission: MEMO/09/256: Second Informal meeting with EU ministers on the situation of GM on 29 May 2009 reconfirms need for coordination http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/09/256&format=DOC&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

EurActiv, 28.5.09: EU ministers to meet over troubled carmaker Opel http://www.euractiv.com/transport/eu-ministers-meet-troubled-carma-news-222061

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