Procedure

Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Belgium – EGF/2025/008 BE/Liberty

2026/0066(BUD)·10th term·BUDG·BUD

Summary

These amendments concern the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund following an application from Belgium for displaced workers after Liberty's bankruptcy, declared by Liège's Commercial Court on 22 April 2025. They stress the strategic importance of the steel and basic metals sector, link the difficulties to adverse steel market conditions, energy prices and Liberty Steel's acquisition from ArcelorMittal by the GFG Alliance, and describe the social shock for Wallonia's deindustrialised labour market. Amendments detail the personalised services for workers (outplacement, vocational guidance, training and retraining, business start-up support), insist the EGF must complement rather than replace national responsibilities, and call for final evaluations of the measures and their effectiveness.

Procedure timeline

Committee amendments tabled
23 Mar 2026 · including EP official documents, Feb–Jul 2026
Plenary vote — Adopted
29 Apr 2026 · On the motion for a resolution — the text as a whole

Amendments

tabled Feb–Jul 2026 (EP official documents)

Members

tabled at least one

Committee(s)

23 Mar 2026

Dates

Plenary votes

1 roll-call votes

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29 Apr 2026Main voteAdopted
On the motion for a resolution — the text as a whole
Official label: Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte) · what was voted ↗
586 for48 against16 abstentions69 did not vote
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