The word "thwarted" in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to

A．American laws forbid banks to grant loans to the failing businesses.
B．American laws allows the bust companies to delay debt payments.
C．European countries never let the bust companies go unpunished.
D．it's more difficult for a sick company to revive in Europe than in America.

A．to accuse the lawyers and advisers of making big money by helping those insolvent companies.
B．to introduce the changes of the bankruptcy law--Chapter 11.
C．to prove the accusation is groundless that the managers of bust businesses lead a comfortable life at the cost of creditors.
D．to argue that the European Union should not follow the American example in their effort to revive sick companies.