What changed

From · report parliamentary committee draft · 17 Feb 2026 BUDG-PR-784472 on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Austria – EGF/2025/005 AT/KTM

To · Plenary report · 18 Mar 2026 A-10-2026-0060 on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Austria – EGF/2025/005 AT/KTM

✦ In short · AI narration of the differences below, generated 4 Sept 2026

Adds concerns about KTM's dividends during Covid-19 and relocations outside the Union, stressing industrial competitiveness. #1 #3 Emphasizes cooperation with regional businesses and prevention of closures, with support for low-educated workers. #6 #7 Rephrases the objective of EGF contributions to focus on labour market reintegration and skills for green and digital transition. #2 Other changes are formal: a repeated sentence, a decimal separator, and an annexed committee letter. #4 #5 #8

4 changes of substance, plus 3 formaland1 wording-only. Each change below carries a one-line ✦ note from the same model. Written from the two texts only — read the highlighted passages before relying on it.

The changes to the text itself, in document order. Cover page, citations (“having regard to …”), standard resolution paragraphs and punctuation-only edits are left out — they are in “Show every difference”.

Show:

Change #1 Substance

Adds a clause noting concerns about KTM's dividend distributions in 2021 and 2024 while receiving public state aid during the Covid-19 pandemic.

D. whereas KTM filed for insolvency on 29 November 2024 and a restructuring plan has been approved on 25 February 2025; whereas certain decisions by the company regarding the distribution of dividends in 2021 and 2024 while benefitting from public state aid during the Covid-19 pandemic raise concerns;

Change #3 Substance

Adds a recital highlighting recent relocations of manufacturing outside the Union and the need to strengthen European industry's competitiveness and resilience.

I. whereas recent relocations of manufacturing activities outside the Union highlight the need to strengthen the competitiveness and resilience of European industry in the global market;

Change #6 Substance

Adds a stress on close cooperation with regional businesses and employers to ensure training meets labour market needs and facilitates rapid reintegration.

7. Recalls that, in agreement with social partners, personalised services to be provided to the workers consist of the following measures: case management; career guidance and orientation; training and retraining; pro-active job-search; training allowances; emphasises the importance of fostering high-quality, future-oriented jobs to ensure long-term economic and social resilience; stresses the importance of close cooperation with regional businesses and employers to ensure that training and requalification programmes respond to concrete labour market needs and facilitate the rapid reintegration of displaced workers;

Change #7 Substance

Adds a paragraph recalling EGF's role in solidarity and just transition, stressing prevention of closures, support for low-educated workers, and reducing bankruptcies and social disparities.

8. Recalls that the EGF is an instrument of solidarity and just transition and while it provides support following job losses, it cannot replace a proactive industrial policy; stresses that the Union’s primary task must be to prevent such closures in the first place, by creating the conditions to keep industrial production competitive, while at the same time investing in skills for both highly qualified and industrial workers; underlines the need to provide specific support tailored to profiles of workers with low-levels of education, while taking measures to reduce bankruptcies and address social disparities leading to exclusion from the workforce;