Briefing 
 

Vote on €35.5 million for redundant workers in France, Poland, Italy and Greece 

Parliament votes Tuesday on four applications for €35.5 million in EU aid to help find or create new jobs for workers made redundant by Air France, Fiat Auto Poland, Whirlpool in Italy and a Greek retailer. The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) aid applications need to be approved by both Parliament and the Council of Ministers.

Country

Company

Number of redundancies

EGF aid amount (€)

Sector

Rapporteur

France

Air France

3,886

25,937,813

air transport

Marco Zanni

(EFDD, IT)

Greece

Odyssefs Fokas

600

6,444,000

retail

Monica Vana

(Greens/EFA, AT)

Italy

Whirlpool, 5 suppliers and downstream producers

608

1,890,000

domestic electrical equipment

Danielle Viotti

(S&D, IT)

Poland

Fiat, 21 suppliers and downstream producers

777

1,259,610

automotive

Jan Olbrycht

(EPP, PL)


Procedure: Budgetary

Procedure Codes: 2014/2185(BUD) (Air France); 2014/2183(BUD) (Odyssefs Fokas); 2014/2170(BUD) (Whirlpool Italy); 2014/2181(BUD) (Fiat Auto Poland)

Vote: Tuesday, 16 December

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