Brussels, 04/03/2011 (Agence Europe) - Can the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) and the European Social Fund (ESF) exist side by side? The EGF is essential but improvements must be made, for example, in its timeframe, its effectiveness and its scope. That is the main conclusion to come out of the hearing organised in Brussels on Wednesday 2 March on the initiative of Barbara Matera (EPP, Italy), standing rapporteur on the EGF until the end of 2013.
Following the exchange of...