EU workers aid fund failing to pay out

Major feature reports on a FT investigation into the operations of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF), the European Union’s flagship fund to help workers dismissed as a result of the recession.

European Commission: Press Release: IP/10/1102: Applications for EU globalisation fund increase six-fold http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/10/1102&format=PDF&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

ESO: Background information: European Commission: DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities: The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) http://www.europeansources.info/record/website-the-european-globalisation-adjustment-fund-egf/

ESO: Background information: Added value of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: A comparison of experiences in Germany and Finland http://www.europeansources.info/record/added-value-of-the-european-globalisation-adjustment-fund-a-comparison-of-experiences-in-germany-and-finland/

ESO: Background information: European Globalisation Fund: Discussion by Ireland: Houses of the Oireachtas: Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment, 2010 http://www.europeansources.info/record/european-globalisation-fund-discussion/

European Parliament: Press Release, 7.9.10: Mobilise globalisation aid faster, say MEPs http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/expert/infopress_page/034-81471-249-09-37-905-20100907IPR81470-06-09-2010-2010-false/default_en.htm

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