07/04/2017 (Agence Europe) – On request from Finland, the European Commission proposed on Friday 7 April to utilise €2.6 million from the EU Globalisation Fund (GF) for Finland. This amount is 60% of the cost of measures planned by the Finnish authorities to help 821 workers made redundant from Nokia Oy and three of its suppliers to find new jobs. The redundancies were justified by the big Finnish ITC company’s global transformation programme, which it considers necessary to compete with its East Asian rivals. The proposal to utilise the GF has now been transmitted for approval to the Council of the EU and European Parliament. (JK)