Written question - Steel policy - E-002330/2025
Question for written answer E-002330/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Fernand Kartheiser (NI)
On 7 May 2018, the Commission approved the acquisition of ILVA by ArcelorMittal, provided that ArcelorMittal sold a number of its sites, including one in Luxembourg. The Luxembourg site was then taken over by LIBERTY Steel, which went bankrupt a few years later.
Recently, a Turkish group that was interested in taking over the site decided not to go ahead after all, citing the safeguards on imports of steel products from third countries and the EU’s decision to cut import quotas, as those conditions would limit the group’s opportunities to secure supplies from Türkiye and Algeria.
As a result, more than 130 jobs are on the line.
Submitted: 11.6.2025
Last updated: 20 June 2025
