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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the ThyssenKrupp affair in Terni is a highly dangerous signal for the entire European steel industry and its dependent industries. The unanimous agreement on the resolution shows that the concern is neither isolated nor rhetorical, but is a general and international recognition of the gravity of the situation. A reassuring letter was received by all Members yesterday, as has already been mentioned. It reiterates the fact there will be no alteration in employment. That, of course, does not convince us; on the contrary, it is even more worrying in the light of the 600 workers being laid off. The letter appears to be – I do not know if the Latin saying can be translated – a case of ‘ [an unsolicited excuse is an obvious accusation]’. The decisive measures adopted by the Italian Government in support of the Terni steelworks and the attention given by all the Institutions have served little purpose. The suspicion that ThyssenKrupp may be caving in to Asian, particularly Chinese, competition is now a certainty. The problem is not only the job losses in Terni, although these alone are sufficient cause for concern. It is even more serious because it represents a fully-fledged strategy of delocation or – not to mince words – pulling out, after many years benefiting from subsidies which have produced vast profits. Commissioner, I would have expected a little more from your speech. It seemed more like a recital of the events that have happened than a strong affirmation of European industrial policy. We therefore request that this issue be dealt with on a strategic level by the European Commission, which has the strength and political muscle to tackle it, to show that it accepts the consequences of a possible silence, which would result in a catastrophic failure of the European economy."@en1
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"excusatio non petita, accusatio manifesta"1

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