The European Commission wants to go over buyout plans for struggling carmaker Opel with a fine-toothed comb, says industry commissioner Guenter Verheugen, who insists the company must be competitive in the future.
Any plan must: "truly offer assurances that the business will survive and will be competitive for a length of time," Mr Verheugen says in an article in German newspapaer Die Welt on Monday (15 June).
"The European Commission cannot allow such a plan to pass automaticall...
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