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Workers demonstrate over Volkswagen closure threat

09/07/2026

Protests have taken place at the headquarters of automotive group Volkswagen amid reports that the company is planning the closure of four factories in Germany and the shedding of up to 100,000 jobs. 

Volkswagen’s leadership group met at group headquarters in Wolfsburg on July 9 to discuss a proposal to close VW factories in Hanover, Emden and Zwickau and an Audi plant at Neckarsulm. 

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