European Parliament
Arvidsson, Cederschiöld, Grönfeldt Bergman, Stenmarck and Wachtmeister (PPE-DE ),
in writing.
(SV)
We Moderate Members of the European Parliament have voted against the above report. It is regrettable that the South Korean shipbuilding industry receives significant state aid, but that is no reason for also subsidising the European shipbuilding industry.
The matter should be vigorously pursued by the EU within the WTO. Setting up a European consortium to go some way towards controlling and influencing the market situation would not solve the problems of the European shipbuilding industry but be in danger of exacerbating the situation in the longer term.

