ROMANIA – EU CONCERN
January 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLROMANIA'S newly appointed minister for European integration has raised concerns that European Union (EU) demands for the country to slash its steel industry subsidies ahead of its anticipated EU accession in 2007 will cause widespread plant closures. Ene Dinga told Brussels news wire Euractiv (CORRECT SPELLINGS) that this was of "particular concern" to him, as it is anticipated that at least 8,500 out of the current 52,000 Romanian steel industry jobs will go. His appointment followed the election of a new President Traian Basescu, who has made ...
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