Press Release: Employment: Commission proposes €12.7 million from Globalisation Fund for former workers of Peugeot Citroën Automobile (PSA) in France

he European Commission proposed on the 11 September 2014 to provide France with €12.7 million from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) to help 2,357 workers made redundant by carmaker Peugeot Citroën Automobile (PSA) to find new jobs. The redundancies mainly concern the Aulnay plant (Île-de-France), to be closed, and the Rennes plant (Brittany). The proposal was sent to the European Parliament and the EU's Council of Ministers for approval.

France applied for support from the EGF following the dismissal of 6,120 workers at PSA. These redundancies were the result of a rapid decline of the EU’s share of the global passenger car market.

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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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