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The Commission estimates that there are between 1.7 and 4.1 million workers who would be reclassified under this new directive (Photo: Unsplash)

EU gig workers compromise dubbed ‘a disaster for workers’

After several failed attempts to reach a common position, the EU Council could finally reach an agreement on rules for so-called platform workers' at their ministerial meeting in Luxembourg on Monday (June 12).

The latest meeting of the committee of permanent representatives took place on Wednesday (June 7), but failed to forge a united front, so the ball is now in the ministers' court.

At stake is whether the tripartite negotiations with the European Parliament and the EU Commis...

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Paula joined EUobserver in January 2023 and left for Euronews in 2024. Previously she worked for the Spanish online newspaper El Confidencial, where she covered mainly economic and financial affairs.

The Commission estimates that there are between 1.7 and 4.1 million workers who would be reclassified under this new directive (Photo: Unsplash)

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Paula joined EUobserver in January 2023 and left for Euronews in 2024. Previously she worked for the Spanish online newspaper El Confidencial, where she covered mainly economic and financial affairs.

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