As VW stumbles, its headquarters’ town — and Germany — shudder
In Volkswagen’s deepening troubles, a reflection of the mounting risks facing Germany.
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Volkswagen plans to close three factories in Germany
Volkswagen AG, Europe's largest automaker, plans to close at least three factories in Germany in an effort to cut costs and improve competitiveness. This is reported in a Volkswagen press release.
Threatened closure of VW plant in Zwickau, Germany jeopardises whole region
It is not a question of distributing the 35,000 job losses “fairly” between east and west Germany, but of preventing them.
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Germany’s far right woos the workers in election battle
ZWICKAU, Germany — Volkswagen’s state-of-the-art plant in this tidy eastern German city once symbolized the country’s bright manufacturing future. Now, it’s fertile territory for Germany’s rising far ...