Text tabled : A7-0322/2012

  Giovanni La Via (PPE), in writing. − (IT) I voted in favour of this mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) at the request of Ireland. The application for the mobilisation of the EGF was made in relation to 592 redundancies, 432 of which are targeted for assistance, in the Talk Talk enterprise operating in the broadband services sector. Today’s vote will approve mobilisation of EUR 2 696 382. Finally I wish to underline that this important instrument today allows us to provide a tangible response and assistance to workers made redundant as a result of globalisation or the current financial and economic crisis, not merely by alleviating their difficulties but by supporting their reintegration in the labour market.