Platform Work Directive: press conference on Wednesday at 15.30 | News

When: Wednesday 24 April, 15.30 CET

Where: Daphne Caruana Galizia press conference room (WEISS N -1/201), European Parliament in Strasbourg.

How: Accredited media representatives can attend the press conference in person. Journalists wishing to ask questions remotely need to connect via Interactio (https://ep.interactio.eu/1dxr-tkkf-mpje).

The press conference will also be web streamed live and recorded on Parliament’s Multimedia Centre.

The new rules, agreed with Council in February 2024 and to be voted on by MEPs on Wednesday at noon, aim to ensure that platform workers have their employment status classified correctly and to correct cases of bogus self-employment.

A European Commission analysis from 2021 found that there are more than 500 active digital labour platforms, and the sector employs more than 28 million people – a figure expected to reach 43 million by 2025. While most platform workers are formally self-employed, about 5.5 million people may be wrongly classified as self-employed.

Information for the media – using Interactio to ask questions

When connecting, enter your name and the media you are representing in the first name / last name fields. For better sound quality, use headphones and a microphone. Interpretation is only possible for interventions with video.

Journalists who have never used Interactio before are asked to connect 30 minutes before the start of the press conference to perform a connection test. IT assistance can be provided if necessary. When connected, open the chat window (upper right corner) to be able to see the service messages.

For more details, check the connection guidelines and recommendations for remote speakers.