Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-12-14-Speech-4-124"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-12-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:World shipbuilding2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20001214.3.4-124"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-12-14-Speech-4-1252
lpv:speaker	lp:Laura González Álvarez2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EUL/NGL (1999-07-20--2003-07-07)3,3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America and Mexico (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3,3 unknown; Izquierda Unida (1999-07-20--2003-07-07)3,3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3,3 member; PETI (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3,3 substitute; EMPL (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Mr Langen’s report deals with numerous issues but, nevertheless, here the speakers are naturally focusing on the issue of whether or not to have an extension of subsidies and on the unfair competition on the part of Korea. Those of us who live in a region such as Asturias, which has suffered four significant cases of restructuring – in mining, in steel, in shipbuilding and in weapons manufacturing – believe that cutting these subsidies, even until May to see whether Korea is condemned by the World Trade Organisation, is very dangerous for the sector. It is true that Europe is suffering from unfair competition because in Korea, above all, very low salaries are paid and workers are forced to endure abysmal working conditions and, under these circumstances, European workers have no way of competing with them. However, the Commission’s proposal, which includes aid for research and development, the condemnation of what is happening in Korea to the World Trade Organisation – since they are working with prices which are even below cost – and the possibility that there be transitional aid measures until the case is settled, seems to us to be perhaps a rather weak solution, but at least it is a solution. In any event, it seems to me, Mr President, that if we cut off subsidies and if the unfair Korean competition continues, the European shipbuilding industry will be fatally wounded. And I do not believe that we are exaggerating because the different workers’ groups have been claiming that over recent years thousands and thousands of jobs have been lost as a result of the restructuring of the shipbuilding industry. I believe that there are various countries such as Spain, Germany, Italy, Greece and Portugal which, within the Council, and despite the final decision, have asked that aid be continued, and we feel that this aid should be continued in one way or another if we do not wish, once again, to lose thousands of jobs in shipbuilding."@en1

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