I am slowly coming around to some aspects of the labor policies... although just as many are bonkers. They also vary widely between countries, no one-size-fits-all.

Labor law hacks like food delivery non-employee self-employed "partners" seem to be just as effective in Europe as they are in the US, with similar debates taking place around the topic.

That the biggest general problem with the European labor policies is their inflexibility and staunch resistance to change. "This is the way it has always been" is poison for startups that want to change the structure of how work gets done, offer non-traditional benefits, more vacation, more pay, equity compensation etc.