Press Release: 2,834 former workers of General Motors Belgium to get help worth €9.6 million from EU Globalisation Fund to find new jobs

The European Commission has approved an application from Belgium for assistance from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF). The €9 593 931 requested by the Belgian authorities is to help 2,834 workers made redundant by General Motors Belgium - and four of its suppliers and downstream producers - back into employment. The application will now be sent to the European Parliament and the Council (the EU's Budgetary Authority) for approval.