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Volkswagen said Tuesday that it planned to end production of the best-selling Golf compact car at its Brussels factory, resulting in a loss of about 3,500 jobs in a country rapidly losing blue-collar jobs, as the company tries to cut costs and raise profit. Volkswagen, the largest carmaker in Europe, aims to keep 1,500 workers at the plant, enough to build the Polo car, said a spokesman, Hartwig von Sass. He added that the discussions with the local union were still under way and that no final decision had been made.