"We carefully monitor the situation and watch with concern the progress of things", said a spokesman for the German manufacturer.

Earlier this month, Volkswagen opened a subsidiary in the Turkish province of Manisa, although the company had announced it was still in the final stage of negotiations with Turkish authorities and no final decision had been made.

The new Volkswagen plant in Eastern Europe had four possible destinations: Romania, Serbia, Bulgaria and Turkey. In this unit Skoda and Seat models are to be produced, and the annual production capacity will be 300,000 units. The new Volkswagen plant was to open in 2022 or 2023. (source: digi24.ro)