Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Amazon will recruit 1000 new employees for its new logistics hub in Beauvais (Oise), starting in June 2026. The planned opening for the site is end of 2026. The majority of these roles willl not require prior experience or education. Specific requirements will only be used for support, security, and human resource positions, otherwise, employees will be trained by Amazon. The building of 110 800m2 was first negotiated in 2022, yet negotiations were halted, and resumed two years ago. However, some of the city's retailers have expressed their concerns about their ability of compete with digital platforms such as Amazon.
Several large-scale restructurings have been recorded in the ERM database, with the latest in Amazon 2025 - FR.
Eurofound (2025), Amazon, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 203454, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/203454.
Eurofound’s ERM restructuring legislation database offers an overview of key restructuring-related regulations in the EU Member States and Norway. Its content is continuously updated to reflect any changes made by national legislators in response to, for instance, policy shifts, legal...
Can Europe still achieve its ambitions for battery manufacturing? To answer this, the article looks at data from Eurofound’s European Restructuring Monitor and explores what recent large-scale restructuring events reveal about the state of play in the EU battery sector.
This working paper offers a comprehensive methodological overview of the European Restructuring Monitor (ERM) databases. Even though the methodology has not changed over time, new categories have been added, and the way it has been used by researchers and policymakers...
This Eurofound research paper explores key trends in restructuring in recent years, highlighting the companies that announced the largest job losses and job gains in the EU. It builds on an analysis of company announcements recorded in Eurofound’s European Restructuring...
In 2023, thousands of workers in big tech lost their jobs. Meta, Amazon, Google, Apple, Microsoft and Salesforce had been considered to offer good and secure jobs up to this point. Giants of the information and communication technology (ICT) sector,...
In 2024, the automotive sector in the EU came to the fore in public and policy discussions. The focus was on the slowdown in electric vehicle (EV) sales, rising global competition, belated investments in new technologies, and the potential closure...
