On Wednesday, MEPs approved Denmark’s request for support from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF). They acknowledged that “the Danish slaughterhouse sector is in a structural crisis”.

Danish Crown is a group of food companies engaged in the slaughter, processing and sale of pork and beef. Since 2005, the number of pigs slaughtered in Denmark has decreased by 20%, largely due to the shift that many Danish farmers have made from raising pigs for slaughter to raising piglets for export at a lower cost. As a result, Danish Crown decided to close one of its six slaughterhouses in Denmark, located in Sæby, laying off 390 workers.

National co-financing

The total estimated cost of the support measures is €3.1 million, with 60% (€1.9 million) covered by the EGF and the remaining 40% (€1.2 million) financed by the Danish Business Authority, the municipalities of Frederikshavn, Aalborg, Hjørring and Brønderslev, which were affected by the…