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Tuesday, during a trip to Isère, the head of state had already said he was “super proud” to have seen “business leaders, especially foreign ones”, between 2014 and 2016.
Emmanuel Macron repeated, Thursday, July 14, in his interview on the occasion of the national holiday, that he assumed “totally” his political action with regard to Uber, after the revelations of the Uber Files on his privileged exchanges as Minister of the Economy with the leaders of the American giant of VTC at the time of his arrival on the French market.
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“It’s a political fight that I claim”declared the Head of State, boasting of his defense of a “market opening” who, according to him, created “thousands of jobs”. The president brushed off widespread criticism accusing him of being a “lobbyist”. Emmanuel Macron denounced “screams of thunder” and disputed having worked specifically in favor of the company.
“Do you think we should move towards more transparency on the role of lobbies in the making of the law, for example?” asked journalist Caroline Roux. “Of course, and that’s what we’re doing”, replied the Head of State. Without further details. Tuesday, in Isère, Emmanuel Macron had reacted for the first time to the revelations. He had already said “super proud” to have seen “entrepreneurs, especially foreign ones”, between 2014 and 2016.
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