Budget MEPs approve €856,800 in job-search aid for 250 redundant workers in Spain
A proposal to grant Spain €856,800 in EU aid to help find new jobs for 250 former car workers who were made redundant by 29 firms making motor vehicle parts in the Valencia region was approved by the Budgets Committee on Thursday. The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) aid still needs to be approved by the Council of Ministers on 12 December, and by a plenary vote in Parliament planned for 14 December.
The events giving rise to these redundancies were the bankruptcy and closure of the company Bosal S.A., which made redundant most of the workers concerned. Its core business was the manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles.
Bosal declared bankruptcy on 15 January 2015 and made its entire workforce of 215 redundant in November that year. It had been in difficulty since 2012, due to the EU automotive industry’s declining output and significant loss of market share over the past decade.
The draft report by rapporteur Esteban González Pons (EPP, ES) recommending the approval of the aid request was passed by 28 votes to 4, no abstentions.
The measures co-financed by the EGF are intended to help the workers to find new jobs by providing them with active career guidance, job-search support, vocational training and training in transversal skills, promotion of entrepreneurship and contributions to business start-ups.
Source: European Parliament
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