Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in the automotive sector in Spain

Budgetary report on mobilising the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for redundancies in the automotive sector in Spain. The amendments address the Commission's proposal to use unused European Social Fund appropriations as an alternative source of payment for mobilising the EGF, and note shortcomings in the Commission's implementation of the framework programmes on competitiveness and innovation during an economic crisis.