“ Secret
” pact
against “
all our rules
”, “
looting of the country
”: left-wing elected officials strongly denounced on Sunday July 10 the links which united Emmanuel Macron and the company Uber, after press revelations.
As part of the "
Uber Files
", an investigation based on thousands of internal Uber documents sent by an anonymous source to the British daily
The Guardian
and sent to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and 42 media partners,
Le Monde
took an interest in the links between American society and Emmanuel Macron when he was Minister of the Economy (2014-2016).
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Based on various testimonies and documents, including numerous SMS exchanges,
Le Monde
concludes that there is a secret "
deal
" between Uber and Emmanuel Macron in Bercy.
The daily reports meetings in the minister's office, numerous exchanges (appointments, calls or SMS) between the teams of Uber France and Emmanuel Macron or his advisers.
Certain practices intended to help Uber consolidate its positions in France are pointed out, such as suggesting that the company present "
turnkey
" amendments to deputies.
Asked by AFP, the company Uber France confirmed the holding of meetings with Emmanuel Macron: meetings which "
were under his responsibilities as Minister of the Economy and Digital supervising the VTC sector
".
The Elysée indicated to AFP that Emmanuel Macron, as Minister of the Economy, was "
naturally led to exchange with many companies engaged in the profound change in services that has occurred during the years mentioned, which it was appropriate to facilitate by unraveling certain administrative or regulatory locks
”.
But the boss of the LFI deputies Mathilde Panot denounced on Twitter a "
looting of the country
", Emmanuel Macron having been both "
adviser and minister of François Hollande and lobbyist for a US multinational aimed at deregulating the labor law in the long term
".
The number one of the PCF Fabien Roussel relayed "
damning revelations on the active role played by Emmanuel Macron, then minister, to facilitate the development of Uber in France
", "
against all our rules, all our social achievements and against the rights workers
”.
"
Uber deserves a small commission of inquiry
" parliamentary, according to the communist deputy Pierre Dharréville.