Definition: In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
Input: Consumer groups have slammed a decision by Volkswagen to deny compensation to the British owners of cars involved in the emissions rigging scandal. The company has already announced there will be payments worth $500 (£330) to drivers in the USA and a further $500 in credit vouchers. However, the German car giant said these payments will not be extended to customers in Europe. The consumer group Which? condemned the decision and called on the Government to take steps to force VW to treat British consumers in the same way as those in the US. Its executive director, Richard Lloyds, said: ‘It is outrageous that Volkswagen is ruling out compensation for European customers even before the results of the official investigation.VW will offer compensation to US customers but not British onesConsumer groups have called on the Government to actUK’s Transport Select Committee head says VW can't get away with it 
 Question:It would be unacceptable that financial compensation would only be offered to _ customers.

USA