Saturday, March 13, 2010
General Motors Opel sold to Magna
Now it's out: U.S. automakers General Motors (GM) will sell its Opel subsidiary in the Austro-Canadian supplier Magna.
That's what the GM Board of Directors decided, sagteBundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel (CDU) in Berlin on Thursday. Opel undGM could now embark upon "a new way."
She was satisfied with dieEntscheidung who said the desire of the Federal Government and also corresponded derArbeitnehmer, Merkel. The course for Opel seienjetzt provided that we can now move forward a "qualitative leap".
It has been shown that patience and determination have paid off derBundesregierung, said the Chancellor. Let jetztmöglich, "to chart a new path." This would not simpleness, but the joy outweighs said Merkel, who had previously spoken with demOpel works council chairman Klaus Franz.
DieKanzlerin thanked the states with locations Opel, General Motors, workers at Opel and Derus government, have all contributed to the success. For möglichenBedingungen of General Motors for the sale Merkel said this was "manageable, tradeable things."