The Politics of Steel: Western Europe and the Steel Industry in the Crisis Years (1974-1984)

agreement areas Bagnoli billion Belgian francs British Steel British Steel Corporation BSC's capacity capital cent CFDT Charleroi Cockerill Cockerill-Sambre Commission Committee companies competition Corporation costs Council countries Davignon decision-making decisions demand economic ECSC employment Eurofer European steel exports factors Federal Finsider groups IG Metall implementation important increase industrial policy industry's interests investment involved iron and steel Italian Italsider Italy La Repubblica labour Longwy Lorraine major measures ment million tonnes Minister modernisation nationalised negotiations Nippon Steel Nord-Pas-de-Calais October organisations political private sector problems programme projects public sector quotas reduction redundancies regional responsibility restructuring role Saarland Sacilor siderurgie Sidmar social special steel steel closure steel crisis steel firms steel industry steel market steel plant steel policy steel production steel sector strategy structure subsidies Taranto tion trade unions Usinor Wallonia Walloon West German workers workforce