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"Mr President, there is of course one matter we keep coming back to. It is the same alliance every time, and that does not improve matters. There seems to be no doubt at all that the South Koreans are granting state subsidies which contravene WTO rules. However, there is considerable disagreement as to what should be done about this.
The Commission is solely responsible for initiating a WTO procedure against South Korea. In spite of unambiguous requests from the Council and the European Parliament, the Commission, together with Commissioner Lamy as the person responsible for this area, have, however, so far shown an impressive ability to ignore these requests. For quite incomprehensible reasons, Mr Lamy refuses to initiate a WTO procedure unless, at the same time, state subsidies for European shipyards are introduced; or, to put it another way, Mr Lamy will only try to have the South Korean practice deemed unlawful if Europe itself introduces an unlawful practice. As I see it, we in Europe would only damage our own case through such an approach. Hopefully, you, Mr Liikanen, can, however, explain the wisdom of this position, though I doubt it. As rapporteur last autumn, I did a lot of work to stop this link from being made, and I am still doing so. State subsidies have never been of benefit to anything at all and are expensive for the Member States. As, incidentally, I also did in a still unanswered letter I wrote together with my fellow MEP, Mrs Kauppi, from Finland, I would most strongly urge Commissioner Lamy to initiate a WTO procedure against South Korea straight away. The Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party makes the same proposal in Amendment No 3.
In Danish shipyards, employees have already begun to be fired on the grounds that it is no longer possible to compete with the huge state subsidies paid by the Koreans. This is therefore a very important matter, especially for the area in which I was elected, and I would urge that a WTO procedure be initiated.
With reference to the issue of unemployment, I would refer to the ELDR Group’s Amendment No 4."@en1
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