EU acts to quell GM jobs auction fears

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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