Keep us connected: Save Our Post!
Stéphane Séjourné, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for Prosperity and Industrial Strategy
1.8 million good jobs. One essential public service. A network that connects us all.
Receiving mail and parcels is a right – not a privilege. In an age of climate disasters, cyberattacks and rising insecurity, a trusted physical network matters more than ever. We rely on the post to deliver for us: letters to loved ones, vote by mail, essential online purchases and so much more.
But the current postal system is broken.
While traditional letter volume has declined, e-commerce and private courier companies make huge profits delivering parcels to your doorstep.
They use public postal infrastructure to cover unprofitable routes in rural Europe. They clog our cities and pollute our air with multiple deliveries a day. They undermine good jobs for our postal workers. But they don’t pay their fair share to sustain our post.
The upcoming EU Delivery Act could stop that.
It must require parcel companies to meet the same social standards as public postal services and pay for the network they depend on. It must guarantee affordable delivery for every European no matter where they live.
Without action, our public postal service will die. Denmark's 400-year-old postal service is already gone. If other countries follow, over 1 million workers could lose their jobs. And all of us will lose access to an essential service – forever.
Join Europe's postal workers in calling on Stéphane Séjourné, the European Commissioner responsible for the EU Delivery Act: Save Our Post.
We want good jobs, fair financing and affordable post for all.
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Stéphane Séjourné, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for Prosperity and Industrial Strategy
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Dear Commissioner Séjourné,
Europe’s postal networks are vital public infrastructure — developed over centuries to connect people, strengthen communities and support economic life across the continent.
In times of calm and crisis, we rely on the post to deliver for us: letters to loved ones, official communications, online purchases and so much more.
But now Europe’s postal networks face an existential crisis. Your new EU Delivery Act will determine the future of post and the jobs of 1.8 million postal workers.
To save our post, the EU Delivery Act needs to:
1. Modernises — not dismantles — universal service
Postal networks employ 1.8 million workers and serve every address in Europe, providing a resilient, dependable delivery service in times of calm or crisis. Rather than cutting these services, Europe must invest in modernising postal networks for the 21st century, with social partners involved in strategic decisions.
2. Expands the universal service obligation to parcels
Parcel delivery is now an essential service. The new EU Delivery Act must be expanded to guarantee all citizens the right to affordable parcel delivery at uniform prices, regardless of location. This includes essential goods like medical supplies and educational materials.
3. Ensures fair financing
All delivery operators — including platforms, couriers and logistics aggregators — must contribute to financing universal service. Cherry-picking profitable routes while avoiding responsibilities must end.
4. Enables fair competition through regulation
The EU Delivery Act must cover all actors in the delivery chain, regardless of business model, ensuring fair competition based on quality, good working conditions and contribution to the universal service.
5. Upholds social and environmental standards
False self-employment must be banned, while subcontracting chains must be limited. All workers should have access to collective bargaining and sectoral agreements. National regulators should be made responsible for ensuring compliance of all market players with social and environmental standards.
6. Protects consumers through worker protection
Consumer protection cannot exist without worker protection. The race to the bottom in pay and conditions leads to rushed deliveries, higher error rates and poorer service. Decent jobs, proper training and stable employment are what guarantee reliability, accountability and quality.
7. Strengthens cross-border delivery fairly
Harmonised technical standards for addressing, tracking and customs. Stable, direct employment, adequate staffing and proper training for workers at international hubs. Efficiency gains should improve working conditions, not just reduce costs.