The EU Parliament has a deal on the Mobility Package, a massive reform of EU rules governing road transport. The ETF welcomes the compromise as a step ahead towards clearer and better rules.

Vulnerable communities face the loss of vital services. Drivers have to reckon with a further “Flixbusification” of their work: low pay, dreadful conditions and unstable employment.

MEPs reject all proposals on rest time and pay for professional drivers. ETF hopes for a good solution, but welcomes proof that there is no majority for reforms which legalise exploitation, social dumping and dangerous conditions for all road users.

Late last night ministers at the EU Council reached a deal on on road sector reforms. Our campaigning and demonstrations bore some fruit. But drivers are still excluded from fair pay and they will spend months away from home. MEPs must act to improve the Package.

As EU member states rush to finish Mobility Package, European transport unions blast disastrous compromise.