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Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers: application EGF/2026/004 FI/Etelä-Suomi and Helsinki-Uusimaa paper - Finland

TA-10-2026-0355 · P10_TA(2026)0355 · PE796.159

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Parliament approves the release of EUR 1 102 560 from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF) for 351 workers made redundant in Finland's paper manufacturing sector. The sum is 60 % of a total cost of EUR 1 837 600, covering personalised services and preparatory, management, information, control and reporting activities. The resolution sets out the background of the displacements in Etelä-Suomi and Helsinki-Uusimaa and the package of services to help workers back into work. It asks Finnish authorities to tailor support to older workers and men, ensure visibility of Union funding, and calls for thorough final evaluations. It stresses that the EGF is a limited, complementary instrument and cannot replace industrial policy or national responsibilities.

Key points

  1. Parliament agrees with the Commission that the EGF Regulation's conditions, in particular Article 4(2), point (b), are met and that Finland is entitled to EUR 1 102 560.
  2. The contribution is 60 % of a total cost of EUR 1 837 600: EUR 1 769 600 for personalised services and EUR 68 000 for preparatory, management, information, control and reporting activities.
  3. The application concerns 351 targeted beneficiaries made redundant in the paper manufacturing sector.
  4. Parliament notes the region's forest-industry base and warns that the displacements risk worsening structural and prolonged unemployment, especially for workers with a manufacturing background.
  5. It notes that just short of 90 % of displaced workers are men and half are aged over 54, and calls on Finnish authorities to tailor measures to their needs.
  6. The personalised services package includes job-search training and career coaching, vocational training, self-employment grants and allowances, an AI-based pilot project on recruitment needs, pay subsidies and a mobility allowance.
  7. Social partners should be involved throughout implementation, including monitoring, and Finnish and regional authorities must ensure visibility of Union funding.
  8. Parliament calls for thorough final evaluations of fund use, workers' reintegration and whether EGF objectives were achieved.
  9. Finland began providing services and incurring administrative expenditure on 1 January 2026; eligibility runs until 24 months and 31 months after the financing decision enters into force, respectively.
  10. Finnish authorities assured equal treatment, non-discrimination and prevention of double financing.
  11. EGF aid must not replace actions required of public authorities or companies under national law or collective agreements, and the EGF cannot replace structural economic and social policies.
  12. Parliament calls on the Commission to use existing and future Union instruments, including the EGF, in a targeted and complementary way for workers affected by restructuring across industrial value chains.

Who is affected

  • 351 redundant paper-manufacturing workers in Etelä-Suomi and Helsinki-Uusimaa, who are to receive personalised services and training.
  • Finnish and regional authorities, which must ensure visibility of Union funding and tailor measures to workers' profiles.
  • Social partners, to be involved throughout implementation and monitoring of the EGF measures.
  • The Commission, asked to use Union instruments in a targeted and complementary manner and to see thorough final evaluations.

Figures and deadlines

  • EUR 1 102 560 — the EGF financial contribution to Finland.
  • 60 % — the share of total cost covered by the EGF contribution.
  • EUR 1 837 600 — the total cost of the measures.
  • EUR 1 769 600 — expenditure for personalised services.
  • EUR 68 000 — expenditure for preparatory, management, information, control and reporting activities.
  • 351 — targeted beneficiaries made redundant.
  • 1 January 2026 — date Finland started providing services and incurring administrative expenditure.
  • 24 months and 31 months after entry into force of the financing decision — the respective eligibility periods.