Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-000737/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Anthony Smith (The Left), Manon Aubry (The Left), Marina Mesure (The Left), Emma Fourreau (The Left), Damien Carême (The Left), Leila Chaibi (The Left)
On 11 February 2025, the management of the ArcelorMittal Europe group announced that it was considering relocating certain activities to India. This decision follows Donald Trump’s introduction of 25 % tariffs on European steel and aluminium.
In November 2024, ArcelorMittal announced the suspension of all its European decarbonisation projects, including the flagship hydrogen furnace project in Dunkirk, despite having received state aid to the tune of EUR 850 million. The company also chose to invest almost a billion dollars in a new ‘electrical steel’ plant in the USA, rather than in Europe.
But this is not an isolated case. The entire European metallurgical industry is in crisis, with the threat of tens of thousands of direct and indirect job losses.
Can the Commission say whether:
- 1.it intends to reform the European electricity market to combat high electricity prices?
- 2.it intends to respond to the US proclamations on raising tariffs by imposing retaliatory measures?
- 3.it reaffirms its intent to exempt 80 % of European companies from the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, even though it protects European metallurgy from unfair competition?
Submitted: 18.2.2025