BRUSELAS 8 May. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Plenary of the European Parliament has given this Thursday its approval to extend three more years, until June 2028, the tariff exemptions to the Ukrainian steel that the European Union grants since the beginning of the Russian invasion to help the country maintain exports that provide “vital income”.
The suspension of the tariffs already underway expires on June 5, but the MEPs have supported with 354 votes in favor, 147b against and 53 abstentions, which are allowed three more years of exemption, until June 2028.
-The framework of Autonomous Commercial Measures (ATM) allowed to liberalize the commercial flow between the EU and Ukraine since June 2022, months after Moscow began the war of aggression against Ukraine.
The rapporteur of the Eurocamara report, the Swedish liberal Karin Karlsbro, stressed that the steel industry is the “spine” of the Ukrainian economy and continues to generate income despite being affected by bombing and losing many workers who abandoned the plants to go to the front.
In addition, he has warned that support for Ukraine “is not charity” but a “mutual exchange” that “strengthens” both this country and the European Union itself. The European Commission, in fact, works in a “long -term” solution to strengthen and stabilize commercial relations between the two regions.
