Brussels, 19/12/2012 (Agence Europe) - After receiving approval from the European Parliament and European Council, the European Commission made payments to Ireland, Spain, France, the Netherlands and Sweden on 19 December from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF). The funding is to help 4,722 workers in these countries back into work, following their dismissals in a wide variety of sectors including aluminium, broadband services, metal products, construction, car manufacture and the pharmaceutical sector. Totalling €25.3 million, the aid will be allocated as follows: €11.9 million will help 2,089 workers made redundant by PSA Peugeot Citroën in France; €4.3 million will help 700 workers made redundant by the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca in Sweden; €2.8 million will help 435 workers made redundant by 54 Dutch companies operating in the construction sector; €2.6 million will help 432 workers made redundant by Talk Talk, a broadband services provider in Ireland; €2 million will help 450 workers made redundant by 35 Spanish manufacturers of fabricated metal products for ship builders; €1.4 million will help 616 workers made redundant by the aluminium manufacturer Zalco Aluminium Zeeland Company NV in the Netherlands. (OL/transl.fl)