Threshold to be eligible to apply for funding lowered to 200 dismissed workers
More support for self-employed and child carers
The renewed European Globalisation Adjustment Fund will allow more European workers to access financial support from the fund.
The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) helps people who have lost their jobs because of globalisation, technological, or environmental changes to retrain and find alternative, quality employment.
The text adopted on Tuesday, includes improvements secured by the EP negotiating team during the talks with Council in December:
MEPs lowered the threshold for applications for support, from 500 jobs lost down to 200;
People will be able to apply for a one-time investment of €22 000 to start their own business or for employee take-overs (MEPs increased this amount by €2 000);
On Tuesday at 14.00 CET, leading MEPs on EU-UK relations will hold a press conference on the final consent vote on the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement.
The European Parliament will debate and vote on giving its consent to the agreement that sets the rules for the future relationship between the EU and the UK on Tuesday. In the resolution assessing the agreement, MEPs insist that, along with the Withdrawal Agreement, the trade and cooperation agreement must be fully implemented, and stress Parliament s role in scrutinising the practical application of the deal.
Following the plenary debate, and before the results of the vote on the consent and accompanying resolution are announced (on Wednesday morning), leading MEPs will hold a joint press conference to set out their views on the final approval procedure and the future of EU-UK relations.