23
Oct
2024
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Tackling the steel crisis: boosting competitive and sustainable European steel and maintaining quality jobs (debate)
Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, we have the most innovative and sustainable steel production in the world in Europe. And it is not the only industrial area where we shine globally for our ability to maintain a balance between sustainability and competitiveness. That is why we say that the European Union's environmental policies must adapt to our productions. The opposite must not happen, namely that our production model – so innovative – must bend to adapt to the rules of the market. Green Deal. It would be a self-destructive contradiction that we cannot bear. This is what we refer to when we say that energy price policies must be improved, protection policies – in the sense of defending the market from those who do not respect the market – must be guaranteed and, finally, some central details for the production of green steel: the maintenance of ferrous scrap in Europe. This match is a match of great industrial, social and cultural strength.