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    "title": "Foreign minister positive about future of Volvo in Belgium",
    "modified_at": "2026-04-29 11:03:54",
    "published_at": "2026-04-29 11:03:00",
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    "body": "<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Foreign minister Maxime Pr&eacute;vot said he was optimistic about the future of Volvo Ghent after a visit to the research and development site of its parent company in Hangzhou. Pr&eacute;vot is on a week-long mission to China and Hong Kong. </strong></p><p style=\"text-align: left\">&ldquo;I met the CEO of Geely, the owner of Volvo, at their headquarters to express the full support of the Belgian government for Volvo Ghent,&rdquo; he told Belga. &ldquo;This was important, as they want to continue investing in Europe. I tried to convince them that Belgium has many assets, and especially Ghent, with strong research and innovation centres and a highly international environment.&rdquo;</p><div id=\"video-aff53609-0bb8-41ba-b500-502e5e06345e\" class=\"release-content-video release-content-video--embed release-content-video--contained\">\n    <div><div style=\"left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%;\"><iframe data-iframely-url=\"https://cdn.iframe.ly/api/iframe?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.uc.assets.prezly.com%2F262b3fd2-eb01-4466-9a3d-ee4a7d9f1d5b%2FVideo%2520Project%252016.mp4%23_cb1777457000&key=8fe6cdec03482ac31f27a6ae8ea2fb3f\" style=\"top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; border: 0;\" allowfullscreen allow=\"encrypted-media *;\"></iframe></div></div><script async src=\"https://cdn.iframe.ly/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"></script>\n</div><p style=\"text-align: left\">Employing around 6,500 people, the plant in Ghent is one of the largest industrial employers in Flanders and the last remaining car factory in Belgium. <a href=\"http://prez.ly/2PDd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A task force led by prime minister Bart De Wever</a> has been set up to help safeguard its future amid challenging market conditions.</p><p style=\"text-align: left\">Pr&eacute;vot is &quot;convinced that Belgium&#039;s position will be assessed in a positive way&quot; 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