Will a watered-down EU law improve conditions for gig workers?

Negotiators have finally struck a deal after revisiting the European Union's rules on platform work. But for Uber drivers, Deliveroo riders and others in the gig economy, concessions that diluted the reforms mean the future remains precarious – especially in France. The draft law shifts the onus to each EU country to decide if gig workers count as employees – a status that grants them more rights. Over the last decade, apps that connect customers with services have taken cities by storm. Order f