Die Kohle war nicht mehr tonangebend, der Stahl als Produkt hatte wesentlich an Symbolkraft verloren, und die Unternehmen der Stahlindustrie waren in die Mechanismen des gemeinsamen Marktes eingebunden. ###>It was hard, however, to defend special treatment as there was no longer any reason to make an exception for the two industries: coal had no part to play any more, and steel was a product that had lost much of its symbolism and steel firms were acting like any other market players.