Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Belgium - EGF/2025/001 BE/BelGaN
The dossier concerns mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for displaced workers following an application from Belgium relating to BelGaN. Amendments cite the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, inflation and energy costs, note BelGaN's specialisation in semiconductors for the automotive sector, describe personalised services for redundant workers, and oppose the planned merger of the EGF with the European Competitiveness Fund.
Procedure timeline
- Committee amendments tabled9 Sep 2025
- Plenary vote — Adopted8 Oct 2025 · On the motion for a resolution · the text as a whole
Plenary votes
3 roll-call votesIn plenary, Parliament usually votes in steps: first on amendments to the text (sometimes split into parts, so Members can accept one half of a sentence and reject the other), then on the text as a whole. The “main vote” is the one that adopts or rejects the text itself. Each vote below shows exactly which step it was. How voting works →
- 8 Oct 2025RejectedOn amendment 1 · text to be inserted after recital DOfficial label: Après le considérant D - Am 1 · what was voted ↗200 for420 against13 abstentions86 did not voteForAgainstAbst.
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- 8 Oct 2025RejectedOn amendment 2 · text to be inserted after recital FOfficial label: Après le considérant F - Am 2 · what was voted ↗176 for419 against28 abstentions96 did not voteForAgainstAbst.
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- 8 Oct 2025Main voteAdoptedOn the motion for a resolution · the text as a wholeOfficial label: Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte) · what was voted ↗578 for47 against16 abstentions78 did not voteForAgainstAbst.
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Plenary amendments4 tabled on this text
Amendments tabled for the plenary sitting on this text, in their own numbering series. This is a different set from the committee amendments tracked elsewhere on AmendEU, and is not counted in any of the site’s amendment totals.
- Amendment 1ESNMotion for a resolution · Recital D a (new)Amendment
D a. whereas the competitiveness of European industry is weakened by high energy costs; whereas ensuring energy resilience requires a stable supply based on controllable sources such as nuclear energy;
- Amendment 2ESNMotion for a resolution · Recital F a (new)Amendment
F a. whereas the bankruptcy of BelGaN highlights the fragility of the European semiconductor sector, which is undercapitalized and weakened by competition from the United States and China; whereas dependence on non-European technologies undermines the Union's ability to control a sector that is strategic for its technological and industrial sovereignty;
- Amendment 3PfEMotion for a resolution · Recital ECurrent text
E. whereas BelGaN was specialised in the manufacture of semiconductors for the automotive sector; whereas the European automotive and supplier industry is facing unprecedented pressure from both external and internal challenges, such as distortion of competition and high energy
costs;AmendmentE. whereas BelGaN was specialised in the manufacture of semiconductors for the automotive sector; whereas the European automotive and supplier industry is facing unprecedented pressure from both external and internal challenges, such as distortion of competition and high energy costs, and the end of internal combustion engine vehicles by 2035; whereas it will be necessary to suspend the Green Deal, otherwise the industry will be doomed and the cost of mobility for Europeans will increase;
- Amendment 4PfEMotion for a resolution · Recital JCurrent text
J. whereas financial contributions from the EGF should be primarily directed at active labour market policy measures and personalised services that aim to reintegrate beneficiaries rapidly into decent and sustainable employment within or outside their initial sector of activity, while preparing them for a
greenerandmoredigitalEuropeaneconomy;AmendmentJ. whereas financial contributions from the EGF should be primarily directed at active labour market policy measures and personalised services that aim to reintegrate beneficiaries rapidly into decent and sustainable employment within or outside their initial sector of activity, while preparing them for a digital European economy that is more competitive and better at protecting jobs;
Official amendment documents
Members who amended this procedure
6 Members · by amendment count
The amendments, in full text
13 amendmentsEvery amendment as tabled — original text, proposed change and justification, with a link to the official PDF.