Press Release: Employment: Commission proposes €6.2 million from Globalisation Fund for former workers of the car manufacturer Ford in Belgium

On 14 July 2015 the European Commission proposed to provide Belgium with €6.2 million from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) to help 4,500 workers made redundant in Belgium by Ford — and eleven of its suppliers and downstream producers — back into employment.

Belgium applied for support from the EGF following the final shutdown of the Ford production plant in Genk. The application covered the redundancies at the plant in 2014 and followed a first application concerning the closure in 2013.

The proposal was scheduled to go to the European Parliament and the EU's Council of Ministers for approval.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) http://www.europeansources.info/record/website-the-european-globalisation-adjustment-fund-egf/

ESO: Background information: Employment: Commission proposes €570,945 from Globalisation Fund for former workers of the car manufacturer Ford and its suppliers in Belgium http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-employment-commission-proposes-e570945-from-globalisation-fund-for-former-workers-of-the-car-manufacturer-ford-and-its-suppliers-in-belgium/

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