Given the task definition and input, reply with output. In this task, you will be shown a passage. You need to write a fill-in-the-gap question based on your understanding of the events that might be inferred from the passage. Your question should be answerable based on the passage and only have one correct answer. Show the gap in your question with a _ .

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

It would be unacceptable that financial compensation would only be offered to _ customers.