German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday she would do everything possible to protect jobs and factories in Germany if carmaker Opel is taken over by France's PSA. "We will do everything politically possible to secure jobs and sites in Germany," Merkel said at a joint Berlin press conference with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
On Friday, German Economy Ministry spokeswoman Tanja Alemany told reporters in Berlin the talks between the two firms were already "relatively advanced". Worker representatives "are ready to hold constructive talks in case of a sale of Opel/Vauxhall," they said in their statement. But "our objective must be to seize the existing opportunities to safeguard employment and sites," said works council chairman Wolfgang Schaefer-Klug.
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