The opposition has been waiting for two days for a response from Emmanuel Macron on his privileged ties with the American company Uber when he was Minister of the Economy, as revealed by a survey from Le Monde.
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The Insoumis thus see in the “
Uber files
” a “
State scandal
” when, on the side of the National Rally, the head of state is described as “
representative of a business oligarchy
”, in the words of the president. delegate of Marine Le Pen's parliamentary group, Jean-Philippe Tanguy.
Traveling to Crolles (Isère), and questioned on the subject, Emmanuel Macron strongly replied: “
I completely understand that they want to attack my apple, it's been five and a half years, I'm used to it.
Very sincerely, as one of my predecessors said: it affects me one without moving the other, I tell you in all honesty.
»
“I will continue to see them”
The President of the Republic then “
welcomed
” his action while he was Minister of the Economy.
"
I brought in companies, I helped French entrepreneurs, I especially helped young people who were not offered jobs, who came from difficult neighborhoods, who had no opportunities to jobs, to find them for the first time in their lives.
Then we regulated these platforms
,” he argued.
Before adding, not without irony: “
I have a scoop: it is very difficult to create jobs without companies and entrepreneurs.
I will continue to see them to convince them to invest in the country.
»
Directly targeting the alliance on the left of Nupes, Emmanuel Macron believes that its members have "
lost their compass
": "
When you believe in social justice, in equal opportunities, you have to fight so that the young people who come from difficult backgrounds have jobs.
It was never their fight!
Me, it was mine, young people who perhaps vote for them today got their jobs thanks to that!
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