Les restructurations d'entreprise et les politiques européennes : quelles interactions ?. Introduction

This paper analyses the interactions between EC policies and firms restructurings programmes. The starting point of this investigation there is the necessity to clarify the definition of restructurings and emphasize their multidimensional nature. This characteristic of the notion of restructurings explains its existing interactions with policies of a diverse nature (industrial, fiscal, competition, external relations). The challenges for the EU, as well as the leverage tools, both institutional and substantial, are analysed in light of the requirement for economic and social cohesion, called for by the treaty.