International Herald Tribune “EU fund to ease globalization pain“

Even so, the fund "is an important step in the right direction partly because it sends a signal that restructuring is part of the normal process of creative destruction in any advancing economy," said Ann Mettler, executive director of Lisbon Council, a Brussels- based group favoring economic change.

Establishing the fund "also puts a human face on the European Commission, showing that it can stand up for free trade and open markets as well as care about the people," Mettler said.