ENTERPRISES : PARLIAMENT PRESSES FOR EU-LEVEL RESTRUCTURING RULES.

Companies that consider major restructuring measures should have to abide by a set of European minimum standards, say members of the European Parliament in a non-legislative resolution adopted on 15 January. The text urges the European Commission to present "as soon as possible" a proposal for a legal act on information and consultation of workers and anticipation and management of restructuring. "Europe has never had a strategy to cope with a problem that goes beyond borders. It is time to move into action. Anticipation, training of workers, a European financing system and social dialogue involving all the players concerned are critical to enable companies to meet the challenge of globalisation, the crisis and technological changes," commented rapporteur Alejandro Cercas (S&D, Spain). According to the European restructuring monitor, there have been more than 5,400 cases of large-scale restructuring in the EU27 since 2008.

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Based on Article 225 TFEU, MEPs call for a European framework applying to major...