Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Belgium – EGF/2025/008 BE/Liberty
A decision on EU spending: the annual budget, amending budgets or emergency funds.
Where it stands: Completed: published in the Official Journal on 21 May 2026 and now EU law.
- ✓ Referred to committee 9 March 2026
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 8 April 2026
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 14 April 2026
- ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 29 April 2026
- ✓ Published as law 21 May 2026
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
- Matthias ECKE S&D
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Hélder SOUSA SILVA PPEAngéline FURET PfEBogdan RZOŃCA ECROlivier CHASTEL RenewNicolae ȘTEFĂNUȚĂ Verts/ALENikolas FARANTOURIS The Left
- For opinion
- EMPL — Employment and Social Affairs · rapporteur Johan DANIELSSON S&DREGI — Regional Development
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
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament: No change of substance: the two versions differ only in presentation — cover page, numbering or the parts a report carries that the adopted text does not. see the changes →
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary: The changes add calls for tailored support, industrial competitiveness, and energy transition, and expand the EGF's role in broader policy responses. A new background section is added, detailing the EGF procedure and Belgium's application, including a separate Tupperware case. The text clarifies bankruptcy details and adds reasons for Liberty's difficulties, including energy dependence. Other changes are formal, correcting spelling and percentage formatting. 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
- Outcome
- 21 May 2026 Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
- Plenary stage
- 29 April 2026 Plenary voteAdopted Adopted by an overwhelming majorityFor 586 Against 48 Abstained 16
Final vote — text as a whole at 14:32 · 90% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
Show all 2 ballots in voting order
1. Separate vote on paragraph 8RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded2. Final vote — text as a whole 14:32 A10-0084/2026 – Matthias Ecke – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)Adopted - 21 April 2026 1 amendment tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
- 14 April 2026 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 8 April 2026 Committee vote: report adopted
BUDG (Budgets) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 23 March 2026 Amendments tabled in committee
Members of BUDG (Budgets) proposed changes to the draft.
- 17 March 2026 Committee opinion adopted
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 9 March 2026 Referred to the BUDG (Budgets) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs), REGI (Regional Development) give an opinion.
- 6 March 2026 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in BUDG (Budgets). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.