The discussions which take place at Community level between the Industry Ministers of the Member States on the restructuring of the industry concern the need to ensure fair competition in an industry with excess capacity. Last November, the
Eurofer grouping of steel producers estimated that there would be a minimum of around 50,000 direct job losses in the European steel industry in the next few years. The Commission is concerned that an equitable situation is maintained between the Member States and that the opening of our markets to steel imports from Eastern Europe (whose industry is even worse hit than ours) takes place at a reasonab
...[+++]le pace.La Commission veille à ce qu'une situation équitable soit maintenue entre les Etats membres et à ce que l'ouverture de nos marchés aux importations d'acier en provenance de l'Europe de l'Est (dont l'industrie est encore plus durement atteinte que la nôtre) s'effectue à un rythme raisonnable.
