Is the transfer of production from the Czech Republic to Slovakia a surprise?
The whole situation has been evolving for a very long time. The first phase was the connection with the Passat family of vehicles, which is still being manufactured at an electrified factory in Emden, Germany. However, a new plant was to be built, where the Seat Ateca or Karoq SUVs were also to be produced. It has a capacity of 300 thousand cars a year and a thousand employees. However, the plan later began to crumble and the Germans took over the plans to prepare it. It was such a strong moment that we could not defend ourselves. Nobody did anything, everyone didn’t care. In October, however, former Prime Minister Pithart and former Minister of Industry Vrba wrote a call for support for the car industry, for which I am grateful.
After the political steps of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the race could not start in Turkey. We were therefore given a chance and hoped that the investment would go to Kvasin. However, behind him
