Brussels, 15/12/2010 (Agence Europe) - In Strasbourg on Tuesday 14 December, the European Parliament adopted a series of reports drafted by Barbara Matera (EPP, Italy) on mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) in support of workers made redundant in:
Slovenia: €2,247,940 to help 2,554 former workers at the Mura European Fashion Design (clothing) company to find new jobs (adopted by 489 votes to 51, with 19 abstentions);
Germany: €8,308,555 to help 1,181 former workers at Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG's printing machinery plants (adopted by 502 votes to 57, with 15 abstentions);
Poland: €747,327 for 779 former workers from Wielkopolskie Automotive (adopted by 521 votes to 47, with 21 abstentions) and the H. Cegielski-Poznañ company, the only Polish manufacturer of marine engines, and its suppliers (adopted by 566 votes to 49, with 23 abstentions);
Spain: €8,728,978 for 2312 workers in three regions: (1) Valencia (construction - adopted by 547 votes to 63, with 22 abstentions, and textile -536 votes to 61, with 24 abstentions), (2) Catalonia (the Lear company, producing electrical equipment for cars - 554 votes to 60, with 25 abstentions) and (3) Aragón (retail trade sector - 524 votes to 57, with 21 abstentions). (G.B./transl.rt)