Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Belgium – EGF/2026/001 BE/Cora
A decision on EU spending: the annual budget, amending budgets or emergency funds.
Where it stands: Completed: published in the Official Journal on 29 October 2026 and now EU law.
- ✓ Referred to committee 14 September 2026
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 28 September 2026
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 29 September 2026
- ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 7 October 2026
- ✓ Published as law 29 October 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
- Hélder SOUSA SILVA PPE
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Giuseppe LUPO S&DAngéline FURET PfEBogdan RZOŃCA ECROlivier CHASTEL RenewNicolae ȘTEFĂNUȚĂ Verts/ALEElena KOUNTOURA 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: The versions differ only in formal points and wording: a sentence on displaced workers and targeted beneficiaries is moved to its own paragraph, and one phrase on retailers is rephrased. see the changes →
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary: The new version adds detailed recitals and recommendations on the EGF application, including the amount of EUR 3 821 460 and the coordinated package, and stresses shortening the time between application and financing decision. It adds that EGF support should be directed at active labour market measures and personalised services for rapid reintegration into quality and sustainable employment, and that the EGF is a limited, complementary mechanism that cannot replace structural policies. It adds that retail sector disruptions disproportionally affect workers in low-wage, part-time and precarious employment, and that EGF use is geographically uneven with several member states never having applied. It replaces several paragraphs with new text on Cora's difficulties, the impact on Wallonia and Hainaut, the need for quality jobs and competitiveness, the profile of displaced workers, personalised services, visibility of Union funding, awareness of the EGF, and final evaluations. 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
- 29 October 2026 Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
- Plenary stage
- 7 October 2026 Plenary voteAdopted Adopted by an overwhelming majorityFor 605 Against 56 Abstained 7
Final vote — text as a whole at 13:16 · 91% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
Show all 4 ballots in voting order
1. Vote on text inserted after paragraph 1RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded2. Separate vote on paragraph 9RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded3. Separate vote on paragraph 12RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded4. Final vote — text as a whole 13:16 A10-0241/2026 – Hélder Sousa Silva – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)Adopted - 30 September 2026 3 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
- 29 September 2026 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 28 September 2026 Committee vote: report adopted
BUDG (Budgets) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 15 September 2026 Amendments tabled in committee
Members of BUDG (Budgets) proposed changes to the draft.
- 14 September 2026 Referred to the BUDG (Budgets) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs), REGI (Regional Development) give an opinion.
- 10 September 2026 Committee opinion adopted
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 7 September 2026 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in BUDG (Budgets). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.