The shipyard may avoid the requirement to pay back PLN 750m of public subsidy. But it faces strike.
ISD Polska, a subsidy of Ukrainian Donbas, and the owner of Stocznia Gdansk shipyard, is closer to reaching agreement with the European Commission. Brussels wants the shipyard to either pay back PLN 750m (EUR 212.3m) of public subsidies it had received before or to cut capacity by two thirds.
“The European Commission may agree to close parts of the plant but not to disassemble the equipment”, Zdzislaw Gawlik, deputy minister of the treasury said.
Krzysztof Feluk representing the shipyard explained that a capacity limit would be stated by Brussels while part of the shipyard would produce wares not connected with the shipyard industry.
Meanwhile, the shipyard faces a strike. Trade unions say there is no social package.
“In November, the investor promised a social package. Today, the employers don’t have any guarantees”, Karol Guzikiewicz from Solidarnosc trade union stressed.
Krzysztof Feluk claims that a social contract has already been signed.
ISD Polska, a subsidy of Ukrainian Donbas, and the owner of Stocznia Gdansk shipyard, is closer to reaching agreement with the European Commission. Brussels wants the shipyard to either pay back PLN 750m (EUR 212.3m) of public subsidies it had received before or to cut capacity by two thirds.
“The European Commission may agree to close parts of the plant but not to disassemble the equipment”, Zdzislaw Gawlik, deputy minister of the treasury said.
Krzysztof Feluk representing the shipyard explained that a capacity limit would be stated by Brussels while part of the shipyard would produce wares not connected with the shipyard industry.
Meanwhile, the shipyard faces a strike. Trade unions say there is no social package.
“In November, the investor promised a social package. Today, the employers don’t have any guarantees”, Karol Guzikiewicz from Solidarnosc trade union stressed.
Krzysztof Feluk claims that a social contract has already been signed.