Four federal states of Germany opposed the closure of Volkswagen plants

The German federal states of Lower Saxony, Saxony, Hesse and Berlin are categorically opposed to the closure of Volkswagen auto giant plants and staff reductions on their territories. This is reported by Deutschlandfunk radio station with reference to the joint document of the land ministers of economy.

"All locations should be preserved in full," the report said, quoted by RIA Novosti.

They are also against the fact that individual automaker plants are opposed to each other, and local savings are introduced to the detriment of employees. Instead, it is proposed to conclude a contract of guaranteed employment and income.

As reported by EADaily, Volkswagen may close factories in Germany for the first time in history and cut tens of thousands of employees in the hope of getting out of the crisis. This is reported by the telegram channel "DW ❶ main".

The management of the concern claims that it is necessary to save another 4 billion euros in order to close the gap with competitors. Volkswagen does not exclude the closure of factories and job cuts.

The concern suffers from low car sales. In the first half of this year, the drop in net profit was 14%, TK wrote.

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