[HIGHLIGHTS] EU wants protection for platform workers: Will Germany block the next EU directive?

EU wants protection for platform workers: Will Germany block the next EU directive?. To date, Uber drivers or bicycle couriers, for example, are often self-employed on paper and therefore do not have social insurance through their employer.

The EU wants to change that, but the FDP has reservations. More than 30 million people in the EU work for platform companies, and by 2025 the number could rise to more than 40 million. According to the EU Commission, around 5.5 million of them are incorrectly self- employed.