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European Parliament A10-0243/2026 Passed

EU financial support for dismissed Valmet Automotive workers in Finland

Official title: Beschikbaarstelling van middelen uit het Europees Fonds voor aanpassing aan de globalisering voor ontslagen werknemers: aanvraag EGF/2026/003 FI/Valmet Automotive – Finland

Status: Parliament has approved this proposal. (parliament: ‘Adopted’)

In plain language

  • The European Union is providing €410,310 to support dismissed Finnish automotive workers in finding new employment.
  • The measure targets 233 redundant workers from Valmet Automotive and its suppliers in the Länsi-Suomi region.
  • You can see EU funds being used directly for training, job coaching, and helping people transition to new jobs.

Automatically summarised (gemini-3.8-flash). AI can make mistakes: if in doubt, read the official text.

From proposal to law

  1. Submitted 7 October 2026
  2. Approved by parliament 7 October 2026
  3. Signed by the Parliament and the Council not yet
  4. Published in the Official Journal of the EU not yet
  5. In force not yet

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How parliament voted

Passed on 7 October 2026

601 for · 57 against · 9 abstention(s)

In the European Parliament, a parliamentary group is a group of MEPs from like-minded parties in different countries. For each group, you can see how many members voted for or against, or abstained.

  • For
  • Against
  • Abstain
  • Dot: colour of the group
  • EPP (Christian Democrats) Divided

    170 for · 2 against · 0 abstentions

  • S&D (Social Democrats) Voted for

    123 for · 0 against · 0 abstentions

  • ECR (Conservatives) Divided

    67 for · 10 against · 4 abstentions

  • Renew (Liberals) Divided

    69 for · 6 against · 0 abstentions

  • Patriots for Europe Divided

    61 for · 11 against · 0 abstentions

  • Greens/EFA Voted for

    49 for · 0 against · 0 abstentions

  • The Left Voted for

    42 for · 0 against · 0 abstentions

  • Non-attached Divided

    18 for · 5 against · 4 abstentions

  • Europe of Sovereign Nations Divided

    2 for · 23 against · 1 abstention

How MEPs voted, by country

Each country elects its own MEPs. Here you can see how the members from each country voted, regardless of their group.

🇬🇷 MEPs from Greece

Majority in favour

18 for · 2 against · 0 abstentions

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