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.
The Naval Group, a French defence and shipbuilding group, is recruiting 1,500 employees across its four sites in Var over the next five years. A wide array of positions will be available, including roles in maintenance operations, and systems conception. Recruitment will take place in Ollioules, Toulon, Saint-Tropez, and La Londe-les-Maures. The latter site is under construction and is expected to be completed by 2027.
The French Minister of Labour and Solidarity has confirmed that the national employment organisation, France Travail, will assist with this recruitment process, and has emphasised the importance of closer cooperation between educational institutions and employers.
Several large-scale restructurings have been recorded in the ERM database Naval group 2025 - FR.
Eurofound (2026), Naval Group, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 204521, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/204521.
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...
