The Committee on Budgets unanimously adopted the report drawn up by Reimer BÖGE (EPP-ED, DE) on the proposal on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund to provide the sum of EUR 3 384 300 in commitment and payment appropriations to assist the automobile sector in the regions of Castilla y Leon and Aragon in Spain.
Members recall that the European Union should use all its means to tackle the consequences of the global economic and financial crisis. They note, in this respect, that the EGF can play a crucial role in the reintegration of the workers made redundant into the labour market. The Commission’s initiative to provide the citizens of the European Union with a transparent, user-friendly and up-to-date website is welcomed.
Member stress that the mobilisation of the EGF in payment appropriations should not jeopardise the funding of the European Social Fund.