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divdiv class=story-body readability=25 span class=story-date#13; span class=date8 November 2013/span#13; span class=time-textLast updated at /spanspan class=time04:04 ET/span#13; #13; /span#13; #13; #13; #13; #13; #13; #13; !-- Embedding the video player --#13; !-- This is the embedded player component --#13; #13; #13; #13; #13; #13; #13; #13; !-- wwrights check --#13; !-- Empty country is used on test environment --#13; #13; #13; #13; div class=videoInStoryB readability=1#13; div id=emp-24863668-2444 class=emp#13; #13; #13; noscript#13; div class=warning readability=1#13; img class=holding src=http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/70987000/jpg/_70987103_70987098.jpg alt=Carlos Ghosn/pstrongPlease turn on JavaScript./strong Media requires JavaScript to play./p#13; /div#13; /noscript#13; #13; !-- embedding script --#13; #13; /div#13; !-- companion banner -- #13; #13; #13; #13; !-- END - companion banner --!-- caption --p class=captionNissan boss Carlos Ghosn warned the carmaker would have to reconsider its strategy if the UK exited the EU/p#13; !-- END - caption --#13; #13; #13; #13; /div#13; !-- end of the embedded player component --#13; #13; !-- Player embedded -- #13; p class=introduction id=story_continues_1Nissan will reconsider its investment in the UK if Britain leaves the European Union, chief executive Carlos Ghosn has told the BBC./p#13; pHe was speaking in Sunderland, where Nissan employs 6,500 workers./p#13; pPrime Minister David Cameron has promised a public vote on EU membership in 2017 if the Conservatives win the next general election in 2015./p#13; pBut Mr Ghosn also added that he considered the exit scenario to be unlikely./p#13; pWhen asked how Nissan would react if the UK were to leave the EU, Mr Ghosn said: If anything has to change, we [would] need to reconsider our strategy and our investments for the future./p#13; span class=cross-headNissan 'blessed'/span#13; pMr Ghosn was visiting Sunderland for the launch of the company's new Qashqai model, which will be built there./p#13; pPraising the Sunderland plant, Mr Ghosn said it was one of the most productive in Europe and said Nissan was blessed to own it./p#13; pWith sales of more than 240,000 last year, the Qashaqi is Nissan's best-selling car in Europe./p#13; pThe car accounts for more than half the output of the Sunderland plant and Mr Ghosn says the new model ensures a lot of jobs in the city./p#13; span class=cross-headEuropean market/span#13; pMr Ghosn, who is also chief executive of Nissan's sister company Renault, says that after five years of decline the European car market is arriving at the end of the tunnel./p#13; pHe says that next year the European market should be stable with possibly a little growth./p#13; pAction by the European Central Bank, including Thursday's cut in interest rates, could help that recovery according to Mr Ghosn./p#13; /div/divbrbrcentera href=http://www.wizardrss.comPowered By WizardRSS.com/a | a href=http://www.wizardrss.comFull Text RSS Feed/a | a href=http://www.amazon.com/RFID-Blocking-Cards-Identity-Protector/dp/B00CJHZLEWRFID/a | a href=http://www.wpzonbuilder.comAmazon Affiliate/a/center