Peugeot wants to swallow the crippling car manufacturer Opel – possibly in just a few weeks. Opel confirmed the 31st of July as the earliest possible date. Also patents are apparently in agreement.
An Opel at the Peugeot dealer (archive)
Thursday, 08.06.2017
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The French PSA group could be the automaker Opel already take over in the summer. The 31st of July is the earliest possible time, said an Opel spokesman, so far only the second half of the year had been called the period. Until the takeover, however, all the requirements would have to be fulfilled, in particular the approval by the antitrust authorities, it said.
In a letter from the Opel management, this date was reported to the workforce, according to the spokesman. Accordingly, an agreement had also been reached on the issue of patents for Opel models, the previous parent company General Motors 
belong. This week were also held information sessions for employees to the transfer of business, which had previously been postponed due to open details, said the Opel spokesman.
Of the Peugeot Parent company PSA who also 2017 with red numbers in the Rüsselsheim automaker expects, wants to take over the German competitor and organize it cheaper. The result would be Europe’s second-largest carmaker after Volkswagen. The French should pay for the GM Europe business including the British Opel sister Vauxhall and the financial sector around 2.2 billion euros.
Opel / Vauxhall employs about 38,000 people in seven European countries, half of them in Germany. At Opel, there is growing concern that the future parent company could reduce PSA jobs. The works council therefore demands court-firm guarantees for the receipt of the jobs.