Press Release: Commission proposes €3.6 million from EU Globalisation Fund to assist over 500 Austrian road transport workers

The European Commission has proposed to provide Austria with €3.6 million from the European Globalisation adjustment Fund (EGF) to help 502 lorry drivers back into employment. Austria appliied for the money to help lorry drivers made redundant by mainly small-sized transport companies in the regions of Niederösterreich and Oberösterreich. The Commission proposal now goes for approval to the European Parliament and the EU's Council of Ministers.

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