A senior member of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats, shared his opinion on the conflict surrounding the bidding process for Opel/Vauxhall, which General Motors is intending to sell off.
In an interview with the Rheinische Post daily newspaper, Guenther Oettinger, CDU premier of the southern German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, said that whichever company would be named as the owner of Opel/Vauxhall would be of “secondary importance.” He also said that Magna can do the job, but he doesn’t rule out other companies being able to do it as well. Daimler and Porsche are based in his state but there are no Opel plants. For the moment, it’s still a toss-up between Magna International and RHJ International. The German government has obviously favored Magna and has even offered to provide billions of euros in aid if GM chooses Magna.
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