When the French President served as economy minister from 2014 to 2016, he supported the expansion of Uber in France by signing a deal. Calls for Mr. Macron’s resignation followed the revelations revealed after an inquiry based on 124,000 private internal Uber papers.
Florian Philippot, the leader of Les Patriotes, declared: “Macron must resign! He betrays the nation, the law, the people, and its businesses! Out!” “If the oppositions don’t vote ‘no confidence’ today after the #UberFiles, I don’t know what they need,” he continued.
Betraying France
“Vote responsibly, please! Put down the Macronie. The National Rally MEP Jordan Bardella echoed his remarks: “It was common information, and the #UberFiles demonstrate it once more. Despite the constant “at the same time,” Emmanuel Macron has consistently put his professional interests — frequently international ones — ahead of those of his country.
Manon Aubry, a left-leaning MEP, also criticized the French president. We now better understand the part France played in preventing any platform regulation across Europe. A lobby, not a president, is in charge of running France.
- French economy minister Macron supports Uber expansion, resignation amid Uber scandal.
- Les Patriotes leader Florian Philippot demands Macron’s resignation and calls for a no-confidence vote.
- Debout La France leader Dupont-Aignan criticizes Macron for defending Uber interests.
Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, the leader of Debout La France, echoed: “Emmanuel Macron, devoted Uber fan. He was already abandoning France by defending an American company’s interests, said the Minister of the Economy.
It was stated in an internal Uber email that this was preferable to a meeting in London since it was a “much more private affair with no hanger-on officials or staffers.” The firm claims that lobbyists for Uber had conversations with additional ministers, including Priti Patel, Matt Hancock, Sajid Javid, and Michael Gove, who are either serving as ministers now or have before.
Finally giving up on his review, Mr. Johnson allowed Uber to have more drivers in London. According to the BBC, Uber disputes that its lobbying was done in secret and the ministers insist that the law was followed.
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, several media outlets, including BBC Panorama, and the Guardian were all given access to the documents once they were leaked.
Additionally, they allegedly depict substantial lobbying by other European politicians, such as former EU commissioner Neelie Kroes and French President Emmanuel Macron in August 2014 when the latter was the country’s minister of the economy.
