Where the law stands, Dossier 2026/0066(BUD)
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Belgium – EGF/2025/008 BE/Liberty
Budget procedure (BUD): Parliament and the Council adopt the EU’s annual budget together. · First reading
A decision on EU spending: the annual budget, amending budgets or emergency funds.
Where it stands
Published as law
Completed: published in the Official Journal on 21 May 2026 and now EU law.
- Referred to committee(done) 9 March 2026
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 8 April 2026
- Tabled for plenary(done) 14 April 2026
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 29 April 2026
- Published as law(done) 21 May 2026
Decided in plenary
29 April 2026 · decision 22
Jobs, social affairs & equality, Budget decision
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers: application EGF/2025/008 BE/Liberty - Belgium
Passed 586 for · 48 against · 16 abstained by an overwhelming majority
AI summary:The decision releases EU money for tailored measures such as training, guidance and job-search help for the affected workers.
What changed
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament
No change of substance: the two versions differ only in presentation — cover page, numbering or the parts a report carries that the adopted text does not.
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary
AI summary:The changes add calls for tailored support, industrial competitiveness, and energy transition, and expand the EGF's role in broader policy responses. A new background section is added, detailing the EGF procedure and Belgium's application, including a separate Tupperware case. The text clarifies bankruptcy details and adds reasons for Liberty's difficulties, including energy dependence. Other changes are formal, correcting spelling and percentage formatting.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Budgets
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Matthias Ecke (S&D)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Hélder Sousa Silva (EPP), Angéline Furet (Patriots), Bogdan Rzońca (ECR), Olivier Chastel (Renew), Nicolae Ștefănuță (Greens), Nikolas Farantouris (The Left)
- Committees giving an opinion
- Employment and Social Affairs· rapporteurJohan Danielsson (S&D)
- Regional Development
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 29 Apr 2026
AI summary:Parliament approves the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers with EUR 2 033 869 for Belgium following 507 redundancies at Liberty in Wallonia.
Tabled for plenary· 14 Apr 2026
AI summary:Parliament approves the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers with EUR 2 033 869 for Belgium following 507 redundancies at Liberty Galaţi Belgian Branch, a steel company declared bankrupt in 2025.
Committee draft· 6 Mar 2026
AI summary:This draft report concerns the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF) for Belgium following 507 redundancies at Liberty in Wallonia. It approves the Commission's proposal to grant Belgium EUR 2,033,869, representing 85% of the total cost of EUR 2,392,788.
Timeline
Newest first.
Outcome 1 step
21 May 2026
Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
Plenary stage 3 steps
29 April 2026
Plenary vote
Sitting of 29 Apr 2026 Report A10-0084/2026Adopted text TA10-0145/2026
21 April 2026
1 amendment tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
14 April 2026
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 5 steps
8 April 2026
Committee vote: report adopted
BUDG (Budgets) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
23 March 2026
Amendments tabled in committee
Members of BUDG (Budgets) proposed changes to the draft.
17 March 2026
Committee opinion adopted
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
9 March 2026
Referred to the BUDG (Budgets) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs), REGI (Regional Development) give an opinion.
6 March 2026
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in BUDG (Budgets). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2026/0066(BUD)