Brussels, 12/10/2011 (Agence Europe) - For the very first time, the European Parliament has rejected a request for funding under the European Globalisation Fund since it was put in place in 2006. On Tuesday 11 October 2011, the EP's Budgets Committee rejected the request for €24.5 million for 3,582 former workers at the Renault car company in France.
The rejection was orchestrated by French social democrats, backed by some ECR and Green MEPs. The EPP backed a resolution tabled by Italian...