EU aid for Croatia after earthquakes, and dismissed workers in Spain and Italy
MEPs are set to approve almost €320 million to assist Croatia after recent earthquakes, and €6.8 million for 1121 workers in Italy and Spain who lost their jobs.
Croatia should receive almost €320 million in financial assistance from the European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF) following a series of earthquakes between 28 December 2020 and 21 February 2021. This includes an advance of €41 million that has already been paid.
More information in the Commission’s proposal and the Parliament’s draft report by Karlo Ressler (EPP, HR).
EU job-search aid for over 1100 dismissed workers in Italy and Spain
1121 workers in Italy and Spain who lost their jobs because of the COVID-19 pandemic should receive €6.8 million in EU aid from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF).
€5.4 million should help 801 workers dismissed from their jobs in air transport and warehousing in Sardinia, Italy, and €1.4 million should go to support 320 workers who lost their jobs in the automotive sector in Spain’s Aragón region.
More information in the Commission’s press releases on Italy and Spain, and in the three draft reports by Janusz Lewandowski, (EPP, PL), for Italy, and Esteban González Pons, for Spain, which you can download here.
Procedure Codes: 2021/0338(BUD) (EGF Air Italy); 2021/0337(BUD) (EGF Italy Porto Canale); 2021/0356(BUD) (EGF Spain Aragón automotive); 2021/0359(BUD) (EUSF Croatia)
Procedure: Budgetary procedure
Vote: Tuesday, 14 December