By Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Anousha Sakoui NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – Activist investors are expected to launch more and bolder campaigns for change among European companies in the year ahead, advisers told Reuters, after a record number in 2023. Europe was for years something of a backwater for activists as a company’s management often had closer ties with local unions, sometimes with governments and often with big investors, than in other parts of the world, giving them more protection. Disagreements were often hashed out behind closed doors. But growing investor activism could force more co…