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Ford plant in Cologne: 3800 jobs are to be lost across Europe
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The US carmaker Ford wants to cut 3,800 jobs in Europe - 2,300 of them in Germany.
The locations in Cologne and Aachen are affected in this country.
Ford announced in Cologne that the cuts were necessary for cost reasons.
Most jobs are to be eliminated in the Cologne development department in the next three years, and administration is also affected.
Around 14,000 people currently work for Ford in Cologne and around 200 in the Aachen research center.
The works council had already made the project public in January.
At the time, however, IG Metall even feared the loss of up to 3,200 jobs in Cologne and Aachen.
Jobs are also being cut in Great Britain.
Ford is in a state of upheaval, the car company swung to an electric course relatively late.
This year, the first Ford electric cars manufactured in Europe are scheduled to roll off the production line in Cologne, while the combustion model Fiesta will be discontinued.
Ford is investing billions in electric production in Cologne, but with the plans that have now been made public, the cathedral city is losing importance as a Ford development location.
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