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Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers – EGF/2024/003 BE/Van Hool - Belgium

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

Where it stands: Completed: published in the Official Journal on 22 May 2025 and now EU law.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 31 March 2025
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 23 April 2025
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 25 April 2025
  4. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 6 May 2025
  5. ✓ Published as law 22 May 2025
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
Janusz LEWANDOWSKI PPE
Shadow rapporteurs
Mohammed CHAHIM S&DAngéline FURET PfEBogdan RZOŃCA ECROlivier CHASTEL RenewNicolae ȘTEFĂNUȚĂ Verts/ALE
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 TA10-0074/2025 6 May 2025 ⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A10-0080/2025 25 April 2025 ✦ Parliament approves the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF) with EUR 7 999 015 for Belgium following 2 411 redundancies at Van Hool, supporting 2 397 targeted beneficiaries.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (BUDG) 2 April 2025 ✦ This draft report concerns the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF) for Belgium following redundancies at Van Hool. It approves the Commission's proposal to provide EUR 7,999,015 in financial assistance to support 2,397 displaced workers.

Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament: The versions differ only in formal points: the committee report's background and opinion are replaced by the final decision text, and punctuation is adjusted. see the changes →

Committee draft → Tabled for plenary: Adds references to unfair subsidization by China and a social responsibility for qualifications, plus clauses on repayment of unspent funds and gender equality. Adds a paragraph on visibility of Union funding and a full opinion letter from the Employment Committee with detailed support and conditions. The other change is formal: updates a committee name. 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. 22 May 2025 Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

  3. Plenary stage
  4. 6 May 2025 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 6 May 2025 📄 Report A10-0080/2025📄 Adopted text TA10-0074/2025
    Adopted Adopted by an overwhelming majority
    For 598 Against 48 Abstained 5

    Final vote — text as a whole at 13:15 · 92% 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 recital E
    — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    2. Separate vote on recital F
    — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    3. Separate vote on recital F 13:15 A10–0080/2025 – Janusz Lewandowski – Recital F
    Adopted
    4. Separate vote on recital I
    — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    5. Final vote — text as a whole 13:15 A10–0080/2025 – Janusz Lewandowski – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)
    Adopted
  5. 30 April 2025 3 amendments tabled for the plenary vote

    Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.

    📄 Amendments 1–3
  6. 25 April 2025 Report tabled for plenary

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

    📄 Report A10-0080/2025
  7. Committee stage
  8. 23 April 2025 Committee vote: report adopted

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

  9. 9 April 2025 Committee opinion adopted

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

    📄 EMPL-AL-772050
  10. 7 April 2025 Amendments tabled in committee

    Members of BUDG (Budgets) proposed changes to the draft.

    📄 Amendments in committee (BUDG)
  11. 2 April 2025 Draft report published

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

    📄 Draft report (BUDG)
  12. 31 March 2025 Referred to the BUDG (Budgets) committee

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