BELGIUM MAY DRAW ON EU FUNDS TO COMPENSATE FOREST VW WORKERS
November 1st, 2006
BY CHRIS JONES, in Brussels, and KEITH NUTHALL
WORKERS laid off following Volkswagen's closure of the Forest manufacturing plant in Belgium may be the first to benefit from a new Euro 500 million fund created to help European Union (EU) companies hit by problems caused through globalisation.
A meeting of the EU executive - European Commission - the EU Council of Ministers (representing member states) and the European Parliament agreed the Forest case could be covered by the fund, which is launched on January 1. It would cover back-to-work, retraining and similar ...
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