Text tabled : A7-0271/2010

  Mário David (PPE), in writing. – (PT) The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF), an initiative by the President of the Commission, Mr Barroso, in 2005, following the Commission’s report European Values in a Globalised World, now has a new format which makes it more transparent, with broader objectives incorporating the consequences of the current crisis and pointing the way towards shorter waiting times for funds to become available, which I hope will happen in this case.

Although I voted in favour of this proposal, I find it regrettable that once again, the Portuguese Government has not known how to make full use of the fund, as has been done in other countries and as is amply demonstrated by the per capita amount of the funds requested from the EGF, when different applications are analysed.

Today, for example, there were votes on other requests for support from the EGF which showed that while former workers from the Dutch company NXP Semiconductors will receive EUR 3 534 per capita, the Danish former employees of Nordjylland will receive EUR 7 908 each. The Portuguese former employees of Qimonda who are covered by the fund will receive only EUR 2 867 per capita in support from the fund. This is aimed at measures such as recognition of skills, professional training, training or support with a view to setting up businesses, assistance in self-placement or incentives for recruitment and professional practice gained in the workplace.