VW , being the people’s car manufacturer had spread it main sites across Germany and this threatened cull, may even rise to 100,000 jobs. The most at risk sites appear to be as follows:
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Emden: Operations and future models are under review.
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Zwickau: Evaluated for alternative industrial uses.
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Hanover (Hannover): Faces production phase-outs.
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Neckarsulm: Assessed for alternative plant operations.
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Osnabrück: Explored for potential conversion to use by the defense industry
The elephant in the room though, not being presented much in media, is the EU failure to phase out the combustion engine. Good for us, bad for Ursula et al. Professor Richard A. Werner on X: "Good news: The Bolshevik Commissars in Brussels could not ban standard engines altogether. The bad news: They still maintain their system of reduced production quotas per car manufacturer, just like in the Soviet Union. That's where the 50,000 new job losses at Vo… / X
This will mean magnified effects, should the cull proceed, not just in local States elections, but also also nationally in March 2029. Funny that this also is the planned year for the NATO/EU war with Russia. In fact most of the main EU member states have elections in 2029/2030. There couldn’t be an emergency postponement in the offing, could there? But of course, commandeering to war production purposes has been done by VW before - might this make the workforce, even the citizens as a whole go Jawohl, mein Herr in sheer relief and hubris yet again.
