It is a truism that, as a rule, economic crises (and not only) have a certain cyclicality, relatively easy to detect. Trying to capitalize on the “calm before the storm”, the European Legislator has focused on a difficult area during the previous crisis – insolvency. Applying the medical principle: it is easier to prevent than to combat, he focused in particular on the area just before insolvency, from a logical and chronological perspective, ...

Contrary to other professions, where there is a relatively balanced gender representation, there is a manifest disproportion in the case of boards of directors of listed companies in the European Union. In 2014, women accounted only for 20% of the total number of board members, 21% of the number of non executive members, 13% of the number of executive members and 3% of the number of CEOs. There are important differences between the member Stat...