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Mr President, the steel sector in Europe is experiencing a crisis in the shape of a loss of competitiveness and a rise in production costs, to a large extent arising from wrong decisions leading to the adoption of an energy and climate package that imposes a reduction in greenhouse gases by 2020. In Poland, the implementation of its provisions has caused a rise in unemployment by around 250 000 and an increase in energy prices. In view of the rise in production costs and decreased demand, there are currently plans at the Huta Sędzimira steelworks in Kraków alone to lay off more than 600 workers, and similar group redundancies are anticipated at Sosnowiec, Chorzów and Warsaw. Unless the situation changes, there will be a series of shutdowns of large furnaces and a transfer of production to Ukraine or to India, where no climatic constraints are in force. Re-starting the industry and bringing it back to Europe is unlikely to be possible. This is especially sad as the sector accounts for 7.5 % of production of the entire industry in Europe, and is one of the largest industrial employers in the European Union. Consequently the basis for the rescue package for the steel industry should be a suspension of the provisions of the energy and climate package, which is leading to the de-industrialisation of Europe. The next important factor is to block imports of cheap steel from countries of the former Soviet Union and from China. Thank you."@en1
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