During the examination of the amendments tabled to the report by Germany's Angelika Niebler (EPP) on the proposed directive establishing a single legal framework to deal with corporate insolvency (see EUROPE 11673), at the committee on legal affairs of the European Parliament on Thursday 7 December, the need to protect workers' rights emerged as the main priority of the MEPs.
Many of the approximately 300 amendments tabled aim to ensure that the restructuring process does not compromise...