Gabriele Stauner of the EPP-ED group - who drafted a report on the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund explained that until 2012 the Fund will be reoriented to help address the problems of jobless workers hit by the economic crisis.
Parlaments apsprieda priekšlikumu samazināt prasības, kas jāizpilda, lai varētu pretendēt uz fonda līdzekļiem, un palielināt fonda finansējumu.