Community funding — EURES Transfrontalier
27.10.2010
Question for written answer E-9214/2010
to the Commission
Rule 117
Nathalie Griesbeck (ALDE)
It would appear that the Commission has decided to cut back funding for the EURES Transfrontalier advisory service (European cooperation network between the Commission and the Member States' public employment services and advisory body for frontier workers) by 40 % in the EURES-T-SLLR and EURES-T-EDP greater region for the period from June 2010 to May 2013.
The greater region (Saarland, Lorraine, Luxembourg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Wallonia, French-speaking Belgium and German-speaking Belgium) is the European region with the largest number of frontier workers: over 200 000 people in the greater region go to work in a neighbouring country every day and would therefore be directly affected by the Commission decision.
- —How can the Commission justify this cut?
- —How can it justify making this cut in such an unexpected manner?
- —Does this cut not run counter to the EU's goals of fostering cross-border professional mobility and reducing legal, administrative, social and tax barriers within the EU, especially in the light of the essential role and success of the EURES network in support of cross-border mobility in this region?
- —What is the Commission's position on the future priorities and guidelines for the EURES Transfrontalier?
- —What ideas (or other ideas) is the Commission now considering in the area of cross-border mobility and support for such mobility (job opportunities, research, advice to workers, etc.)?
OJ C 249 E, 26/08/2011