Press Release: €382,200 job search funding from EU Globalisation Fund for former workers from Spanish car sector

The European Commission has approved an application from Spain for €382,200 of assistance from the European Globalisation adjustment Fund (EGF). The application was submitted after 515 employees involved in the production of electrical equipment for cars were made redundant by Lear Automotive in Roquetes, the county of Baix Ebre in Catalonia. The application will now go to the European Parliament and the Member States (the EU's Budgetary Authority) for approval.