Press Release: Employment: Commission proposes €25.9 million from Globalisation Fund for former workers of Air France

The European Commission proposed on the 11 November 2014 to provide France with €25.9m from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) to help 3,886 former workers of Air France to find new jobs. Most of the redundancies occurred in the regions of Ile-de-France, Midi-Pyrénées and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (PACA). The proposal then went to the European Parliament and the EU's Council of Ministers for approval.

France applied for support from the EGF following the dismissal of 5,213 workers in Air France. These job losses were the result of the decline of the EU's market share of the international passenger air transport between 2008 and 2013.

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European Commission: DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities: The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=326&langId=en

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