On Monday 2 July, after several successive postponements to the vote (see EUROPE 12045, 12046), the European Parliament's judicial affairs committee (JURI) adopted the draft report by Angelika Niebler (EPP, Germany) on the draft directive harmonising business insolvency rules (EUROPE 11673).
The text was adopted by 14 votes in favour, 7 against and 1 abstention. It pays particular attention to the question of respecting workers' rights in the corporate restructuring processes (see...