On Friday 15 March, at the Employment and Social Policy Council, the EU Member States reached a partial political agreement ('general approach') on the Regulation establishing the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) for the period 2021-2027, which broadly maintains the European Commission's proposal.
Thus, Member States have maintained the lowering of the trigger for companies to 250 employees, as proposed by the European Commission (currently this threshold is 500 employees),...