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Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Finland - EGF/2026/004 FI/Etelä-Suomi and Helsinki-Uusimaa paper

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

Where it stands: Parliament adopted the text on 21 October 2026. This is its final position on the matter.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 14 September 2026
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 12 October 2026
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 13 October 2026
  4. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 21 October 2026
  5. 5 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. 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
Aura SALLA PPE
Shadow rapporteurs
Matjaž NEMEC S&DAngéline FURET PfEBogdan RZOŃCA ECRLucia YAR 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

Adopted by Parliament · latest Adopted text TA10-0355/2026 21 October 2026 ✦ Parliament approves the release of EUR 1 102 560 from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF) for 351 workers made redundant in Finland's paper manufacturing sector.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A10-0273/2026 13 October 2026 ✦ Parliament's draft resolution approves using the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) to help 351 workers dismissed in Finland's paper industry in Etelä-Suomi and Helsinki-Uusimaa.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (BUDG) 23 September 2026 ✦ The rapporteur's draft report backs Finland's request for money from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers after job losses in paper manufacturing in Etelä-Suomi and Helsinki-Uusimaa.

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 new version adds calls for a coordinated Union industrial policy response alongside the EGF, including cheaper Union energy sources and support for diversifying raw material sourcing. It adds that reintegration should be into decent, secure and sustainable employment and that support should be tailored to workers' age, gender and education, including those with lower education. It adds involvement of social partners throughout implementation and monitoring, and clearer, timely information to strengthen confidence in the Union. It adds a recital on the uneven geographical use of the EGF and assurances on equal treatment and prevention of double financing. The other change is formal: an opinion letter from the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs is added. 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. Plenary stage
  2. 21 October 2026 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 21 October 2026 📄 Report A10-0273/2026📄 Adopted text TA10-0355/2026
    Adopted Adopted by an overwhelming majority
    For 609 Against 51 Abstained 14

    Final vote — text as a whole at 13:41 · 90% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

    How the vote unfolded · 4 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 4 ballots in voting order
    1. Vote on text inserted after paragraph 4
    — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    2. Vote on text inserted after paragraph 6
    — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    3. Separate vote on paragraph 7
    — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    4. Final vote — text as a whole 13:41 A10-0273/2026 – Aura Salla – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)
    Adopted
  3. 13 October 2026 Report tabled for plenary

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

    📄 Report A10-0273/2026
  4. Committee stage
  5. 12 October 2026 Committee vote: report adopted

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

  6. 1 October 2026 Committee opinion adopted

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

    📄 EMPL-AL-791975
  7. 30 September 2026 Amendments tabled in committee

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

    📄 Amendments in committee (BUDG)
  8. 23 September 2026 Draft report published

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

    📄 Draft report (BUDG)
  9. 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.