European Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry

Opel: The Bridge Is Gone

GM is no longer in hock with Germany. They paid back all of the €1.5b bridge loan Opel had received from Berlin to keep it afloat until it was taken over by Magna and Sberbank. As we all know, this didn’t happen. Berlin wanted...

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Students compete in marathon 24-hour challenge set by the European C..

Dinsdag 24 november 2009 | European Union ] One hundred secondary school students from 25 countries are in Brussels today to compete in a marathon 24-hour challenge for which they must find creative solutions

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Informal meeting with EU ministers on the situation of GM on 23 Nove..

Maandag 23 november 2009 | European Union ] Vice-President Günter Verheugen, Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes and the Commissioner in charge of Employment, Vladimir Spidla have met today with ministers in charge of the...

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GM warned against state 'subsidy race'

Brussels has warned General Motors that it would not tolerate a “subsidy race” between European Union member states competing to offer the American carmaker generous state aid in return for keeping open its factories in their...

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BRIEF-GM's Reilly- confident can finish Opel talks soon

FRANKFURT, Nov 23 (Reuters) - General Motors' Europe head Nick Reilly, following a meeting with EU Industry Commissioner Guenter Verheugen: * says confident that can quickly bring opel talks with governments, unions, staff,...

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Rift Over Opel Aid to Drive EU Talks

Regulators Join Germany in Opposing Subsidies to GM Unit Considered by Spain, Belgium, U.K. and Poland By VANESSA FUHRMANS General Motors Co.'s effort to secure financial assistance for its struggling Adam Opel GmbH unit has...

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EU criticises financial pledges to GM Europe

Sunday, November 22, 2009 BERLIN: EU Industry Commissioner Guenter Verheugen has criticised informal financial pledges to General Motors by countries vying to save jobs at factories belonging to the automaker’s European unit....

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EU, GM to meet on Opel: Spokesman!

Updated on Wednesday, November 18, 2009, 08:55 IST Tags: Brussels: The EU commission has invited General Motors and EU economic ministers to meet in Brussels on Monday to discuss the future the US automaker's Opel and Vauxhall...

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EU, GM to meet on Opel

18/11/2009EU, GM to meet on Opel The EU commission has invited General Motors and EU economic ministers to meet in Brussels discuss the future the US automaker's Opel and Vauxhall plants in Europe, an EU spokesman said....

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EU, GM to meet on Opel: report

BERLIN (AFP) - European Union Industry Commissioner Guenter Verheugen will meet next Monday with EU economy ministers and representatives from General Motors to discuss the future of GM unit Opel, a German newspaper reported.

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