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Amending Regulation (EU) 2021/691 as regards support to workers affected by imminent job displacement in enterprises undergoing restructuring

A proposed EU law. Parliament and the Council must agree on the same text: Parliament adopts its position, then negotiates with the Council.

Where it stands: Parliament approved the text agreed with the Council on 28 April 2026. The Council must now adopt it formally before it is published as law.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 5 May 2025
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 3 December 2025
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 8 December 2025
  4. ✓ Negotiations with the Council Deal approved in committee 17 March 2026
  5. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 28 April 2026
  6. 6 Published as law
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. For a law, Parliament’s adopted text is its first-reading position; Parliament and the Council then negotiate a common text (trilogues) which both must approve before it is published as law.

Who is working on it

Lead committee
EMPL — Employment and Social Affairs
Rapporteur
Liesbet SOMMEN PPE
Shadow rapporteurs
Estelle CEULEMANS S&DMarie DAUCHY PfEFrancesco TORSELLI ECRGrégory ALLIONE RenewVilly SØVNDAL Verts/ALERudi KENNES The Left

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 TA10-0116/2026 28 April 2026 ✦ Parliament's amended version of the proposed regulation amends Regulation (EU) 2021/691 to support workers affected by imminent job displacement in enterprises undergoing restructuring.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A10-0251/2025 8 December 2025 ✦ Parliament's amended version of the proposed regulation extends the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) to support workers at risk of imminent job displacement in enterprises undergoing restructuring, including direct suppliers and downstream producers.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (EMPL) 30 June 2025 ✦ This draft report sets out Parliament's amendments to the proposed regulation extending European Globalisation Adjustment Fund support to workers facing imminent job displacement in restructuring enterprises.

Committee draft → Tabled for plenary: Extends EGF support to workers in enterprises undergoing restructuring, including suppliers and downstream producers, with a focus on SMEs and disadvantaged groups. Adds flexibility for applications in small labour markets and exceptional cases, with a 15% cap and a 40% budget reservation for displaced workers. Strengthens social partner involvement and consultation, and extends the deadline for enterprise requests to four weeks. Adds reporting and assessment requirements, including a 20-working-day extension for Commission assessments and new reporting on beneficiary outcomes. The other changes are formal: a budgetary assessment is added as an annex. see the changes →

Committee opinions: Draft opinion (BUDG),Opinion (BUDG)

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. 20 May 2026 Signed by the Presidents of Parliament and the Council

    The last step before the act is published in the Official Journal.

  3. Plenary stage
  4. 28 April 2026 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 28 April 2026 📄 Adopted text TA10-0116/2026📄 Report A10-0251/2025
    Adopted Adopted by an overwhelming majority
    For 566 Against 67 Abstained 26

    Final vote on the provisional agreement at 14:01 · 86% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

  5. 22 April – 24 April 2026 46 amendments tabled for the plenary vote

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

    📄 Amendments 1–45📄 Amendment 46
  6. Negotiations with the Council
  7. 17 March 2026 Committee approved the deal reached with the Council

    The provisional agreement from the trilogues goes to the whole Parliament for a vote.

    📄 EMPL-AG-785428
  8. 17 December 2025 Plenary endorsed the mandate to negotiate with the Council

    Parliament’s negotiators can now seek a compromise text with the Council (in “trilogues”).

  9. Plenary stage
  10. 8 December 2025 Report tabled for plenary

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

    📄 Report A10-0251/2025
  11. Committee stage
  12. 3 December 2025 Committee vote: report adopted

    EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  13. 23 September 2025 BUDG (Budgets) adopted its opinion

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

    📄 Opinion (BUDG)
  14. 18 July 2025 Amendments tabled in committee

    Members of EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.

    📄 Amendments in committee (EMPL)
  15. 15 July 2025 Draft opinion from BUDG (Budgets)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    📄 Draft opinion (BUDG)
  16. 30 June 2025 Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    📄 Draft report (EMPL)
  17. 5 May 2025 Referred to the EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.