The European Parliament today approved €10.5 million in European Globalisation Adjustment Fund aid to over 3,000 people in the Netherlands who lost their printing and publishing sector jobs last year, due to the economic crisis.
The European Parliament today approved €10.5 million in European Globalisation Adjustment Fund aid to over 3,000 people in the Netherlands who lost their printing and publishing sector jobs last year, due to the economic crisis.
Financial assistance to the 3,058 former workers in the publishing and printing industry in the Netherlands will total €16.2 million, of which the EU is to contribute €10.5 million from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF). The aid will help them to find new jobs through measures including training and re-training, job-to-job accompaniment and support for business creation. Barbara Matera (EPP, IT), investigated the cases in six reports.
The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) was established to provide additional support for workers made redundant as a result of major structural changes in world trade patterns due to globalisation or the financial crisis and to assist them with their reintegration into the labour market. Its annual ceiling is €500 million.
EGF aid details
Noord Holland and Zuid Holland
598 persons in 8 publishing sector firms
Amount approved: €2,326,459
Vote: 558 in favour, 069 against, 17 abstentions
Noord Holland & Utrecht
720 persons in 79 firms in the printing and reproduction of recorded media sector
Amount approved: €2,266,625
Vote: 562 in favour, 66 against, 19 abstentions
Noord Brabant & Zuid Holland
821 persons in 70 firms in the printing and reproduction of recorded media sector
Amount approved: €2,890,027
Vote: 560 in favour, 67 against, 20 abstentions
Limburg
129 persons in 9 firms in the printing and reproduction of recorded media sector
Amount approved: €549,946
Vote: 558 in favour, 68 against, 20 abstentions
Drenthe
140 persons in 2 firms in the printing and reproduction of recorded media sector
Amount approved: €453,632
Vote: 558 in favour, 68 against, 22 abstentions
Gelderland and Overijssel
650 persons in 45 firms in the printing and reproduction of recorded media sector
Amount approved: €2,013,619
Vote: 559 in favour, 66 against, 21 abstentions