General Motors plans to cut around 10,000 jobs at its European division Opel, GM vice president John Smith said on Wednesday after the US auto giant announced that it would retain control of the unit.
GM wants to slash costs by 30 percent at Opel, a European unit that employs 55,000 people, Smith told European journalists during a telephone news conference.
Opel also has production plants in Spain, Belgium, Poland and Britain, where it operates under the Vauxhall brand.
