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Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund to support workers made redundant following an application from Belgium — EGF/2024/001 BE/Match-Smatch

A decision on EU spending: the annual budget, amending budgets or emergency funds.

Where it stands: Completed: published in the Official Journal on 7 November 2024 and now EU law.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 17 September 2024
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 14 October 2024
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 15 October 2024
  4. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 22 October 2024
  5. ✓ Published as law 7 November 2024
How a file moves through Parliament

A file is referred to one lead committee (others may give an opinion). Its rapporteur writes a draft report, committee members table amendments, and the committee votes to adopt the report. The report is then tabled for all MEPs; political groups can table further amendments, which are voted on before the final vote in plenary. The Council takes the final decision, and the act is published in the Official Journal.

Who is working on it

Lead committee
BUDG — Budgets
Rapporteur
Michalis HADJIPANTELA PPE
Shadow rapporteurs
Jean-Marc GERMAIN S&DBogdan RZOŃCA ECROlivier CHASTEL RenewJoão OLIVEIRA The Left
For opinion
REGI — Regional Development EMPL — Employment and Social Affairs · rapporteur Johan DANIELSSON S&D

The rapporteur drafts and negotiates the text for the lead committee; each other political group names a shadow rapporteur to follow the file.

The text, version by version

Adopted by Parliament · latest Adopted text TA10-0025/2024 22 October 2024 ✦ Parliament approves a financial contribution from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers for Belgium, following the displacement of workers at Match-Smatch.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A10-0009/2024 15 October 2024 ✦ Parliament approves the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers with EUR 2 661 564 for Belgium to support 365 former Match-Smatch workers in Wallonia.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (BUDG) 19 September 2024 ✦ This draft report approves the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF) for Belgium following 513 redundancies at Match-Smatch. It agrees with the Commission that Belgium is entitled to EUR 2 661 564, representing 85% of the total cost of EUR 3 131 252.

Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament: The versions differ only in formal and wording changes: the final text replaces the committee report's background and opinion with the adopted decision, and updates citations and punctuation. see the changes →

Committee draft → Tabled for plenary: The report adds duties for Belgian authorities on gender equality and funding visibility, and stresses the challenge of reskilling older workers. It reframes the coordinated package's goal to sustainability and resilience, and adds a social responsibility for the Union in providing qualifications. It updates the description of Match-Smatch's economic situation and the Colruyt acquisition, and adds a monitoring role for the Commission. The other changes are formal: recital renumbering, removal of a redundant recital, and addition of a committee letter. see the changes →

Newest version first. Open a version to read it in full. “What changed” shows the differences paragraph by paragraph; ✦ lines are AI-written from the texts themselves.

Timeline

  1. Outcome
  2. 7 November 2024 Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

  3. Plenary stage
  4. 22 October 2024 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 22 October 2024 📄 Report A10-0009/2024📄 Adopted text TA10-0025/2024
    Adopted Adopted by an overwhelming majority
    For 601 Against 47 Abstained 17

    Final vote — text as a whole at 13:11 · 90% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

    How the vote unfolded · 5 ballots

    adopted rejected lapsed square = amendment circle = part of the text decisive vote Solid = roll call (click for every MEP’s vote); faded = no individual positions

    Show all 5 ballots in voting order
    1. Separate vote on paragraph 4
    — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    2. Separate vote on recital B
    — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    3. Separate vote on recital C
    — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    4. Separate vote on recital F
    — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    5. Final vote — text as a whole 13:11 A10-0009/2024 – Michalis Hadjipantela – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)
    Adopted
  5. 15 October 2024 Report tabled for plenary

    This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.

    📄 Report A10-0009/2024
  6. Committee stage
  7. 14 October 2024 Committee vote: report adopted

    BUDG (Budgets) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  8. 3 October 2024 Committee opinion adopted

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    📄 EMPL-AL-763284
  9. 19 September 2024 Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in BUDG (Budgets). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    📄 Draft report (BUDG)
  10. 17 September 2024 Referred to the BUDG (Budgets) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; REGI (Regional Development), EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) give an opinion.