EU: As far as Vladimir Spidla is concerned, the European policy in terms of reorganization is lacking visibility

In an exclusive interview granted to the French information letter "Liaisons sociales Europe" (March 23) Vladimir Spidla, the European commissioner in charge of employment, social affairs and the equality of chances, clarified the European commission's position on several topics, reorganizations in particular. (Ref. 070254)
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Reminding the diverse ways in which the EU intervenes in terms of reorganization, such as the examination of the respect of workers’ information and consultation procedure, for which “we can remind of the content or even incite the concerned company to comply with it,” the European commissioner recognized that “our action is not necessarily visible and that it is hard to communicate on this topic. We can hardly place a notice in front of a company to inform people about the support of joint fu

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