Brussels, 25/05/2011 (Agence Europe) - A proposal to provide help in finding new jobs for workers made redundant in Belgium by General Motors Belgium and four of its suppliers was backed by the European Parliament budgets committee on Tuesday 24 May. Belgium applied for €9,593,931 in European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) aid to help find jobs for 2,834 workers made redundant by General Motors Belgium and four of its suppliers in the Antwerp area. Rapporteur Barbara Matera (EPP, Italy) highlighted the need for the forthcoming review of the EGF regulation to tackle the issue of how to treat multinational companies whose restructuring or relocation causes redundancies and, subsequently, the intervention of the EGF. Following the committee's green light (27 votes in favour, 4 against, 1 abstention), the aid will need to be approved by Parliament as a whole and the Council of Ministers. Parliament's plenary vote is scheduled for the 22-23 June session. (L.C./transl.fl)