Opel: Looking for an engine

Angela Merkel could have had an interesting G2 meeting with Barack Obama at the G20 conference: the plight of General Motors is a major concern for both the German chancellor and US president. Opel, the German carmaker at the core of GM’s operations in Europe, is already a major issue in the upcoming German parliamentary election. Merkel has resisted calls from the Social Democrats, coalition partners and electoral adversaries, to throw money in Opel’s direction. GM Europe, which includes the...