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Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Spain – EGF/2026/002 ES/Galicia automotive ancillary
Document BUDG-AM-792050 · 2026/0195(BUD)
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- 17 September 2026
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- 2026-0195
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| – having regard to the European Pillar of Social Rights, | deleted |
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| A. whereas the Union has set up legislative and budgetary instruments to provide additional support to workers who are suffering from the consequences of major structural events and changes in world trade patterns or who are affected by imminent job displacement in enterprises undergoing restructuring, and to assist their reintegration into the labour market or their career transitions; whereas this assistance is made through financial support given to workers; | A. whereas the Union has set up legislative and budgetary instruments to provide additional support to workers who are suffering from the consequences of major structural events and changes in world trade patterns or who are affected by imminent job displacement in enterprises undergoing restructuring, to assist their rapid reintegration into the labour market or their career transitions and to provide training, retraining and vocational training to better equip workers with skills aligned to the labour market needs; whereas this assistance is made through a financial support given to workers; whereas the support should be directed to the rapid reintegration of workers; |
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| D. whereas the economic situation of Spain’s car components industry has been worsening since 2024 with a steady decline in revenue and employment reflecting a general restructuring in the customer markets of Spain’s car component suppliers and its workforce; | D. whereas the economic situation of Spain’s car components industry has been worsening since 2024 with a steady decline in revenue and employment reflecting a general restructuring in the customer markets of Spain’s car component suppliers and its workforce; whereas these developments highlight the need to strengthen the competitiveness and resilience of the European automotive industry and its supply chain and to maintain a strong industrial base in the Union; |
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| G. whereas financial contributions from the EGF should be primarily directed at active labour market policy measures and personalised services that aim to reintegrate beneficiaries rapidly into decent and sustainable employment or support their career transitions while offering them skills training to facilitate their reintegration, while preparing them for a greener and more digital European economy; | G. whereas financial contributions from the EGF should be primarily directed at active labour market policy measures and personalised services that aim to reintegrate beneficiaries rapidly into the labour market or support their career transitions while offering them skills training to facilitate their access to the labor market; |
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| G. whereas financial contributions from the EGF should be primarily directed at active labour market policy measures and personalised services that aim to reintegrate beneficiaries rapidly into decent and sustainable employment or support their career transitions while offering them skills training to facilitate their reintegration, while preparing them for a greener and more digital European economy; | G. whereas financial contributions from the EGF should be primarily directed at active labour market policy measures and personalised services that aim to reintegrate beneficiaries rapidly into the labour market or support their career transitions while offering them skills training to facilitate their reintegration and develop and strengthen digital autonomy; |
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| Ga. whereas the use of the EGF remains limited and geographically uneven across the Union; whereas several Member States have not yet used the Fund, despite experiencing restructuring and job losses; whereas greater awareness, earlier coordination with social partners and enhanced technical assistance for national and regional authorities are needed to ensure visibility and timely and effective access to the Fund for eligible workers and regions affected by major restructuring events; |
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| 1. Agrees with the Commission that the conditions set out in the EGF Regulation and in particular in Article 4(2), point (a), thereof are met and that Spain is entitled to a financial contribution of EUR 2 725 100 under that Regulation, which represents 85 % of the total cost of EUR 3 206 000, comprising expenditure for personalised services of EUR 3 046 000 and expenditure for preparatory, management, information and publicity, control and reporting activities of EUR 160 000; | 1. Agrees with the Commission that the conditions set out in the EGF Regulation and in particular in Article 4(2), point (c) , thereof are met and that Spain is entitled to a financial contribution of EUR 2 725 100 under that Regulation, which represents 85 % of the total cost of EUR 3 206 000, comprising expenditure for personalised services of EUR 3 046 000 and expenditure for preparatory, management, information and publicity, control and reporting activities of EUR 160 000; |
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| 3. Notes that the application relates to 671 displaced workers who were made redundant in Galicia’s automotive ancillary industry; notes further that 400 displaced workers, residing in the region of Galicia, will be targeted beneficiaries; | 3. Notes that the application relates to 671 displaced workers who were made redundant in Galicia’s automotive ancillary industry; notes further that 400 displaced workers, residing in the region of Galicia, will be targeted beneficiaries; calls for an independent cost-benefit assessment of the measures financed, including an evaluation of long-term reintegration rates and administrative costs, in order to assess whether the expenditure has effectively achieved its stated objectives; |
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| 3. Notes that the application relates to 671 displaced workers who were made redundant in Galicia’s automotive ancillary industry; notes further that 400 displaced workers, residing in the region of Galicia, will be targeted beneficiaries; | 3. Notes that the application relates to 671 displaced workers who were made redundant in Galicia’s automotive ancillary industry; notes further that 400 displaced workers or 59,6 %, are expected to participate in the measures; calls on the Spanish authorities to apply transparent selection criteria and to report how many eligible workers actually participate in the measures and subsequently obtain sustained employment; |
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| 4. Notes that Galicia’s car component enterprises have a strong export orientation, directing 60 to 70 % of their production to the Union; regrets that a combination of factors including the weaker-than-expected European demand and trade and supply chain disruptions resulted in structural adjustments across the car sector’s value chain in Galicia, causing temporary layoff schemes and redundancies, insolvency proceedings, and liquidations; notes that in the territory most affected by redundancies, the Vigo area, unemployment stands at 11,2 % - almost double the Union average (5,8 %); | 4. Notes that Galicia’s car component enterprises have a strong export orientation, directing 60 to 70 % of their production to the Union; regrets that a combination of factors including the weaker-than-expected European demand and trade and supply chain disruptions resulted in structural adjustments across the car sector’s value chain in Galicia, causing temporary layoff schemes and redundancies, insolvency proceedings, and liquidations; notes that in the territory most affected by redundancies, the Vigo area, unemployment stands at 11,2 % - almost double the Union average (5,8 %); stresses that the difficulties faced by Galicia's automotive ancillary industry must also be assessed in the context of the competitiveness challenges facing European industry, including increasing regulatory and energy costs and growing competition from non-European producers; calls on the Commission to assess the impact of its industrial, trade and regulatory policies on the competitiveness of the European automotive sector and its supply chain; |
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| 4. Notes that Galicia’s car component enterprises have a strong export orientation, directing 60 to 70 % of their production to the Union; regrets that a combination of factors including the weaker-than-expected European demand and trade and supply chain disruptions resulted in structural adjustments across the car sector’s value chain in Galicia, causing temporary layoff schemes and redundancies, insolvency proceedings, and liquidations; notes that in the territory most affected by redundancies, the Vigo area, unemployment stands at 11,2 % - almost double the Union average (5,8 %); | 4. Notes that Galicia’s car component enterprises have a strong export orientation, directing 60 to 70 % of their production to the Union; regrets that a combination of factors including the weaker-than-expected European demand and trade and supply chain disruptions resulted in structural adjustments across the car sector’s value chain in Galicia, causing temporary layoff schemes and redundancies, insolvency proceedings, and liquidations; notes that in the territory most affected by redundancies, the Vigo area, unemployment stands at 11,2 % - almost double the Union average (5,8 %); notes that the Commission itself identifies the redirection of investment towards electrified platforms and the shift of new industrial capacity to lower-cost countries such as Morocco and Turkey as factors placing additional pressure on the Galician automotive supply chain; stresses that Union climate, industrial and trade policies must not accelerate the loss of competitive manufacturing jobs in Europe; |
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| 4. Notes that Galicia’s car component enterprises have a strong export orientation, directing 60 to 70 % of their production to the Union; regrets that a combination of factors including the weaker-than-expected European demand and trade and supply chain disruptions resulted in structural adjustments across the car sector’s value chain in Galicia, causing temporary layoff schemes and redundancies, insolvency proceedings, and liquidations; notes that in the territory most affected by redundancies, the Vigo area, unemployment stands at 11,2 % - almost double the Union average (5,8 %); | 4. Notes that Galicia’s car component enterprises have a strong export orientation, directing 60 to 70 % of their production to the Union; regrets that a combination of factors including the weaker-than-expected European demand and trade and supply chain disruptions resulted in structural adjustments across the car sector’s value chain in Galicia, causing temporary layoff schemes and redundancies, insolvency proceedings, and liquidations; notes that in the territory most affected by redundancies, the Vigo area, unemployment stands at 11,2 % - almost double the Union average (5,8 %); stresses that these developments underline the importance of a competitive and business-friendly environment that encourages investment and enables automotive companies and their suppliers to adapt to structural and technological changes while maintaining production and employment in Europe; |
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| 4. Notes that Galicia’s car component enterprises have a strong export orientation, directing 60 to 70 % of their production to the Union; regrets that a combination of factors including the weaker-than-expected European demand and trade and supply chain disruptions resulted in structural adjustments across the car sector’s value chain in Galicia, causing temporary layoff schemes and redundancies, insolvency proceedings, and liquidations; notes that in the territory most affected by redundancies, the Vigo area, unemployment stands at 11,2 % - almost double the Union average (5,8 %); | 4. Notes that Galicia’s car component enterprises have a strong export orientation, directing 60 to 70 % of their production to the Union; regrets that a combination of factors including the weaker-than-expected European demand and trade and supply chain disruptions resulted in structural adjustments across the car sector’s value chain in Galicia, causing temporary layoff schemes and redundancies, insolvency proceedings, and liquidations; notes that in the territory most affected by redundancies, the Vigo area, unemployment stands at 11,2 % - almost double the Union average (5,8 %); highlights that the shift towards sustainable mobility and the consolidation of advanced industry, Galicia’s Automotive and Mobility Sector closed the 2025 financial year with a turnover of €13,3 billion, representing a 5 % increase on the previous year; |
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| 4a. Emphasises that the Union needs a business-friendly environment, which leverages economic growth, promotes innovation, supports technological development, strengthens competitiveness, reduces unnecessary regulatory burdens and simplifies bureaucratic procedures; recalls that strong and competitive businesses are essential to sustain high-quality jobs, drive economic growth, promote territorial, economic and social cohesion, and reinforce Europe’s strategic resilience; |
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| 4a. Notes that the Galician automotive and mobility industry saw its workforce grow in 2025 by 1,6 %, reaching 23,900 direct jobs by the end of the year, therefore expresses hope that the dismissed workers will be re-employed quickly, including in the SAIC’s integrated manufacturing and logistics facility in Galicia; |
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| 5. Notes that eight in ten displaced workers have an educational attainment of post-secondary level or lower, with one in four being aged over 54, facing greater barriers to re-entering the labour market; calls on the Spanish and regional authorities to address social disparities and structural barriers preventing displaced workers from accessing quality employment, including unequal access to education and age-related discrimination; takes note that the automotive industry in Galicia employs a high proportion of skilled and specialised workers and that the regional labour market has a limited capacity to immediately re-employ such specialised workers; | 5. Notes that eight in ten displaced workers have an educational attainment of post-secondary level or lower, with one in four being aged over 54, facing greater barriers to re-entering the labour market; calls on the Spanish and regional authorities to address social disparities and structural barriers preventing displaced workers from accessing quality employment, including unequal access to education and age-related discrimination; takes note that the automotive industry in Galicia employs a high proportion of skilled and specialised workers and that the regional labour market has a limited capacity to immediately re-employ such specialised workers; stresses the need to align training with labour-market needs as they evolve in order to facilitate rapid reintegration into employment; |
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| 5a. Stresses, in this context, the importance of close cooperation with regional businesses and employers to identify employment opportunities and ensure that training and requalification programmes respond to concrete labour market needs; |
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| 6. Recalls that, in agreement with trade unions, regional authorities and social partners, personalised services to be provided to the displaced workers consist of the following measures: information, intake phase and workers’ profiling; occupational guidance; training; job-search assistance; tutoring; financial support and incentives; | 6. Recalls that, in agreement with trade unions, regional authorities and social partners, personalised services to be provided to the displaced workers to prevent long-term unemployment including for older workers consist of the following measures: information, intake phase and workers’ profiling; occupational guidance; training; job-search assistance; tutoring; financial support and incentives; |
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| 7. Stresses that the Spanish and regional authorities shall ensure the visibility of the Union funding and highlight its added value by providing effective and targeted information to beneficiaries, regional and local authorities, social partners, and the wider public; | deleted |
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| 7. Stresses that the Spanish and regional authorities shall ensure the visibility of the Union funding and highlight its added value by providing effective and targeted information to beneficiaries, regional and local authorities, social partners, and the wider public; | 7. Stresses that the Spanish and regional authorities shall ensure the visibility of the Union funding and highlight its added value by providing effective and targeted information to beneficiaries, regional and local authorities, social partners, and the wider public; underlines that the EGF is a concrete expression of European solidarity, demonstrating that the Union stands with workers and communities affected by major economic and structural change; stresses that clear communication of the support provided through the EGF is essential to showcasing the tangible benefits of Union action and strengthening citizens’ confidence in the European project; |
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| 7. Stresses that the Spanish and regional authorities shall ensure the visibility of the Union funding and highlight its added value by providing effective and targeted information to beneficiaries, regional and local authorities, social partners, and the wider public; | 7. Stresses that the Spanish and regional authorities shall ensure the visibility of the Union funding and highlight its added value by providing effective, clear and timely information to beneficiaries, regional and local authorities, social partners, and the wider public; |
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| 7a. Underlines the need to further raise awareness of the EGF in some Member States and strengthen its visibility; calls on the Commission, in cooperation with the Member States and social partners, to strengthen outreach and technical assistance, with particular attention to national and regional authorities with no or limited experience in accessing EGF support; |
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| 8. Calls for thorough final evaluations of the measures implemented, including how the funds were used, the reintegration of workers into the labour market, and whether the EGF objectives were achieved; | 8. calls for an independent assessment of the added value and cost-effectiveness of the EGF intervention, including any potential overlap with measures financed by the European Social Fund Plus or existing national and regional instruments; calls on the Commission to assess whether the recurrent mobilisation of the EGF to address restructuring and redundancies demonstrates genuine European added value; stresses that such evaluation and controls must under no circumstances delay or reduce the immediate and full mobilisation of the EUR 2 725 100 allocated to support the displaced workers in Galicia; |
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| 8. Calls for thorough final evaluations of the measures implemented, including how the funds were used, the reintegration of workers into the labour market, and whether the EGF objectives were achieved; | 8. Calls for thorough final evaluations of the measures implemented, including how the funds were used, the reintegration of workers into the labour market, and whether the EGF objectives were achieved; stresses that regular monitoring should assess the effectiveness of the measures financed and ensure that EGF funding effectively contributes to the rapid reintegration of beneficiaries into the labour market; |
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| 8. Calls for thorough final evaluations of the measures implemented, including how the funds were used, the reintegration of workers into the labour market, and whether the EGF objectives were achieved; | 8. Calls for thorough final evaluations of the measures implemented, including a detailed breakdown of expenditure, the number and share of participants in sustained employment six and twelve months after completing the measures, the cost per successful reintegration and the recovery of any unused or irregularly spent appropriations; |
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| 10. Notes that the Spanish authorities provided assurance that the principles of equality of treatment and non-discrimination will be respected in the proposed actions and their implementation, and that any double financing will be prevented; | 10. Notes that the Spanish authorities provided assurance that the principles of equality of treatment and non-discrimination will be respected in the proposed actions and their implementation, and that any double financing will be prevented; stresses that the principle of equal treatment and non-discrimination must ensure equal access to the proposed measures on the basis of objective criteria and must not result in positive discrimination, preferential treatment or the imposition of ideological quotas among beneficiaries; |
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| 11. Reiterates that assistance from the EGF must not replace actions that are the responsibility of public authorities or companies under national law or collective agreements; recalls that the EGF is a limited, targeted and complementary mechanism; | 11. Reiterates that assistance from the EGF must not replace actions that are the responsibility of public authorities or companies under national law or collective agreements; recalls that the EGF is a limited, targeted and complementary mechanism and cannot replace structural economic policies that sustain economic growth, that promote a business-friendly environment, and that protect Union enterprises, economic operators and their workers; |
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| 12a. Recognises that the challenges facing the automotive sector are not confined to Galicia or Spain, but affect automotive value chains and workers across several Member States; calls on the Commission to closely monitor employment developments in the European automotive sector and to develop targeted measures, where necessary, to support workers, regions and European companies undergoing structural transformation, including through instruments complementing the EGF; stresses that a coordinated European response is essential to safeguard Europe’s industrial base, skilled employment and competitiveness while ensuring a fair transition for workers; |
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author = {{European Parliament}},
title = {{AMENDMENTS 1 - 28 - Draft report Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Spain – EGF/2026/002 ES/Galicia automotive ancillary}},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-09-17},
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