Press Release: Budget MEPs approve EU aid for redundant workers in Germany, Belgium and Italy

The European Parliament's budget committee approved on 29 September 2015 a total of over €14.6 million from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) to help more than 7,300 workers made redundant in Belgium, Germany and Italy by three firms get back on to the job market.

This EGF aid still was approved in plenary by the parliament on 6 October 2015. It still needed to be accepted by the Council of the European Union before adoption.

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ESO: Background information: Employment: Commission proposes €1.4 million from Globalisation Fund for former workers of Alitalia in Italy http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-employment-commission-proposes-e1-4-million-from-globalisation-fund-for-former-workers-of-alitalia-in-italy/

ESO: Background information: Employment: Commission proposes €6.9 million from Globalisation Fund for former workers of the car manufacturer Opel in Germany http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-employment-commission-proposes-e6-9-million-from-globalisation-fund-for-former-workers-of-the-car-manufacturer-opel-in-germany/

ESO: Background information: Employment: Commission proposes €6.2 million from Globalisation Fund for former workers of the car manufacturer Ford in Belgium http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-employment-commission-proposes-e6-2-million-from-globalisation-fund-for-former-workers-of-the-car-manufacturer-ford-in-belgium/

EurActiv, 30.09.15: Alitalia request for EGF funds approved http://www.euractiv.com/sections/social-europe-jobs/alitalia-request-egf-funds-approved-318083

European Parliament: Newsroom: Press Release, 06.10.15: Job search aid for Germany, Italy, Belgium, disaster relief for Bulgaria, Greece http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/content/20151002IPR95340/

EurActiv, 07.10.15: Parliament approves Alitalia request for EU aid fund http://www.euractiv.com/sections/social-europe-jobs/parliament-approves-alitalia-request-eu-aid-fund-318303

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