Protest in front of the European Commission's headquarters against the lack of protection for steel processing

The protest was not very large, but loud. Representatives of the Polish steel processing industry also took part in the demonstration.

Without protection - factories and jobs may disappear

The ten coffins were supposed to represent European factories and jobs that may disappear if the EU does not start protecting not only the steel itself (the EC has already introduced its protection), but also the products made of it.

The loud horns that sounded in front of the EC headquarters were intended to symbolize a wake-up call to Brussels.

Asian countries are flooding Europe with finished steel products

As the president of the Polish Union of Steel Distributors and Processors, Piotr Sikorski, explains in an interview with an RMF FM correspondent, today the EU only protects steel itself against imports - including from China. The problem is that China and other Asian countries started flooding Europe with ready-made steel products.

These include nails, springs, car parts, machine parts, household appliances and furniture, Sikorski enumerates.

He adds that "if we protect only one element of the supply chain, the next weakest link will always fail. This link is processing and distribution and the steel receiving sectors."