In a situation like this, the Commission concludes, stimulation of dormant local investment is not enough to create alternative jobs. A fresh industrial fabric must be built up and measures taken to refurbish old industrial sites, many of which are ill-suited to new technologies.
Or, constate la Commission europeenne, dans de telles situations, l'on ne peut se contenter, pour la creation d'emplois alternatifs, de stimuler des investissements locaux "dormants" : il faut carrement creer un tissu industriel nouveau et amenager des sites industriels souvent inadaptes a la nouvelle donne technologique.