Portugal has moved a step closer to ordering digital platforms such as Uber and Glovo to employ some of their drivers as staff with formal contracts and benefits, becoming the latest European nation to tackle the gig economy.
EU politics
Politico: France dials back on digital tax plans after US meetings
The great Macron movement seems to be going the usual EU neo-liberal route. Read here
EU politics
Iñigo Urkullu: Only political dialogue can bring stability to Catalonia – and the EU must help
Iñigo Urkullu is president of the Basque government: “I cannot understand or share Madrid’s approach to either Basque autonomy or the Catalan crisis”, nor apparently the EU’s role in the Catalan crisis. Read here
National Politics
Skwawkbox: Pope tells Filmmaker Ken Loach et al: ‘you’re like a prophet confronting false myths and schemes’
Left-wing film-maker among group honoured by Pope Francis in Sistine Chapel Read HERE
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