Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-12-16-Speech-3-114"
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"I abstained from the vote on further mobilisation of the Globalisation Adjustment Fund.
The vote concerns, among other things, two payments of almost EUR 24 million in total to the car industry in Sweden and Austria. Another request concerns a construction company in the Netherlands.
The car industry is the main beneficiary of this fund, even though it is constantly closing factories, relocating its production, laying off a substantial amount of its workforce and placing its subcontractors in a vulnerable position. In addition, it has received other types of financial aid from the Member States within the context of economic recovery plans, as well as other forms of support granted specifically in connection with the policies to combat climate change.
These funds, which are intended to be used to train people who have been made redundant – a necessary measure if they are to find a new job – are not being granted in return for a commitment by the European car industry not to lay off any more of its workers.
There is no question of my supporting a policy such as this, since it actually endorses relocations."@en1
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