Brussels, 20/10/2010 (Agence Europe) - A number of decisions allocating money from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) were approved by the European Parliament on Tuesday 19 October for workers in Portugal, Denmark, Spain and the Netherlands who had lost their jobs. The EU Council of Ministers approved these decisions on 11 October (see EUROPE 10233). The money will come from the current (2010) Community budget.
The first decision allocates €2.405 million following the lay-offs in computing firm Qimonda Portugal S.A. after its German parent company Qimonda AG went into liquidation (as a result of the global economic and financial crisis).
Aid of €7.521 million will be made available to help workers in Denmark who were made redundant by companies making machinery equipment in the region of Nordjylland.
The EU will provide aid of €2.752 million to Spain after lay-offs in the car sector (Cataluña Automoción).
Lastly, EGF aid of €1.809 million has been made available following a request from the Netherlands after redundancies in NXP Semiconductors. (L.C./transl.rt)