In a draft legislative initiative, adopted by 43 votes to five and three abstentions, MEPs highlight the precarious working conditions and uncertain legal status for artists and other professionals in the cultural and creative sectors (CCS) in several European countries, and request legislative tools to address the issue.

MEPs say the work of CCS professionals is often characterised by high cross-border mobility, while at the same time there is no easy portability of their social security entitlements.. They also stress that the gaps between national social systems, national definitions of artists and other rules create unfair conditions.

The legislative initiative

The report calls for the creation of a legal EU framework to improve the social and professional conditions in the CCS. This framework would include:

– a directive on decent working conditions for CCS professionals and the correct determination of their employment status;

– a European platform to improve the exchange of…