EU acts to quell GM jobs auction fears

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Series Details 23.11.09
Publication Date 23/11/2009
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The European Commission gathered ministerial heads from countries with General Motors plants in Europe on the 23 November 2009 in the face of fears of a subsidy auction over promised job cuts at the company's European unit Opel/Vauxhall.

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ESO: Background information: Mandelson backs GM's Vauxhall plan http://www.europeansources.info/record/mandelson-backs-gms-vauxhall-plan/
Deutsche Welle, 22.11.09: Berlin urges neighbors to avoid subsidy war over car jobs http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4916145,00.html
European Commission: MEMO/09/515: Informal meeting with EU ministers on the situation of GM on 23 November 2009 reconfirms need for European coordination http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/09/515&format=DOC&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
Deutsche Welle, 23.11.09: Europe moves to avoid bidding war over Opel jobs http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4919976,00.html
Deutsche Welle, 24.11.09: Workers breathe a sigh of relief as GM hints it will keep Opel plants http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4921416,00.html
BBC News, 25.11.09: GM to keep all German Opel plants open http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8378252.stm

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