1. Analysis of the medium-to-long-term trend indicates this adjustment process, rather than deindustrialisation.

2. Stricter environmental requirements introduced only in the EU and toleration of dumping by Asian producers are accelerating the deindustrialisation of Europe.

3. In the same way, the return to Backwardness or the process of deindustrialisation is the consequence of the failures by entrepreneurs, banks, or