The
European Commission has proposed to provide Romania with €3.6 million from the
European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) to help 1 000 former workers of
the steel products manufacturer SC Mechel Campia Turzii SA and the downstream
producer SC Mechel Reparatii Targoviste SRL to find new jobs. The proposal now
goes to the European Parliament and the EU's Council of Ministers for approval.
EU
Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion László Andor
commented: "The manufacture of finished and semi-finished steel
products in the EU has been seriously disrupted due to intensified competition
from countries outside the EU, particularly China. Today's proposal would help
to prepare some 1 000 former steelworkers from the Cluj region in Romania for
new job opportunities or to set up their own businesses".
Romania
applied for support from the EGF following the dismissal of more than 1 500
workers in Mechel Campia Turzii and in Mechel Reparatii Targoviste in Romania.
The dismissals were the result of increased competition from steel products
manufacturers elsewhere in the world.
More details on EGF website.