Volkswagen: Spanish trade union denies a transfer of production of the Polo model to Belgium

The trade union CC.OO demented the information published in Der Spiegel (3-07) and affirmed that Volkswagen will not transfer the production of its Polo model from Landaben to Brussels. (Réf. 06697)
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Last Monday, the German weekly magazine Der Spiegel affirmed that Volkswagen’s management had decided to transfer part of the production of its Polo model, from the factory of Landaben, in northern Spain, to Belgium (see our article n° 06680). A spokesman of the group had then confirmed to AFP that this reorganization meant the transfer of 200 vehicles per day towards the VW factory in Brussels. This is crucial for Landaben, beacause the Polo is the only model currently manufactured by the sit

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