The European Commission is trying to rally support from EU countries to endorse a watered-down political agreement on the rights of workers at Uber, Deliveroo and other online companies, according to a document seen by Reuters on Thursday. The move by the EU, which proposed the draft rules in 2021, came ahead of a meeting of ambassadors from the 27 EU countries on Friday to vote on the provisional deal clinched by Belgium, current holder of the EU presidency, with EU lawmakers last week. Failure to pass the legislation would leave an estimated 40 million gig workers in Europe and also the online platform companies to the mercy of a patchwork of rules and legal uncertainty.
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