Press Release: €8.5 million from EU Globalisation Fund to help 2,157 workers in the Spanish construction sector

The European Commission on 6 May 2010 approved two applications from Spain for assistance from the EU Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF). The € 8,548,735 requested will help 2,157 redundant workers find new jobs. The workers lost their jobs in the ceramics, carpentry and joinery sectors after the Spanish construction industry was heavily hit by the economic slowdown. The application will now go to the European Parliament and the Council of the EU for agreement.