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Frankfurt - Opel boss Nick Reilly will on Tuesday present his plan for the future of the ailing General Motors unit, the company said, as workers across Europe fear for their jobs.
Reilly is expected to hold a news conference.
Until now, Reilly had said that approximately 8 300 jobs would be cut across Europe from a total workforce of around 50 000.
Some 4 000 jobs at General Motors' European subsidiaries Opel and Vauxhall are expected to be slashed in Germany.
The firm has already announced that its Belgian plant in the northern city of Antwerp would close, probably by the summer, with the loss of 2 600 jobs.
The announcement prompted threats of strike action by unions, as well as protests in Antwerp and in Brussels.
Opel needs €3.3bn to finance its plan, and hopes to get €2.7bn of it from countries where Opel and its British sister brand Vauxhall have operations.
German Economy Minister Rainer Bruederle and British Business Minister Peter Mandelson said at a joint press conference on Friday they would carefully consider any appeal for aid immediately after a business plan had been presented.
GM had initially decided to sell Opel/Vauxhall but changed its mind after its own rescue by the US government, and has decided to turn the European unit around itself.
- AFP
