Webinar on Background: On June 30th 2020, the European Commission announced via Press Release that it was launching a process to address the issue of collective bargaining for the self-employed. In addition to undertaking some information gathering, the Commission also invited all interested stakeholders to submit their views via the relevant questions included in Section V of the current Digital Services Act consultation, open until September 8th. The application of competition rules to collective bargaining on behalf of self-employed workers has long been a major issue in the Media, Arts and Entertainment sector, resulting in the exclusion of certain professionals…