For several days, Emmanuel Macron has been in turmoil. Indeed, the head of state is involved in what is now called the “Uber Files” scandal. The Uber files are an investigation based on thousands of internal documents from the foreign giant Uber and sent by an anonymous source to the British daily The Guardian. They were then forwarded to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and 42 media partners. Our colleagues from Le Monde were therefore interested in the links between American society and Emmanuel Macron when he was Minister of the Economy (2014-2016).
Based on various testimonies and documents, including numerous SMS exchanges, the journalists highlighted a secret “deal” between Uber and Emmanuel Macron who was then a tenant at Bercy and minister of François Hollande. There are reports of meetings in his office, numerous exchanges (appointments, calls or SMS) between the teams of Uber France and Emmanuel Macron or his advisers, citing in particular meeting minutes written by the lobbyist Mark MacGann.
The Elysée responded to these revelations by indicating that Emmanuel Macron, when he was Minister of the Economy was “naturally brought to exchange with many companies involved in the profound change in services that has occurred during the years mentioned, which should be facilitated by unraveling certain administrative or regulatory locks“.”When he was Minister of the Economy, Emmanuel Macron only did his job“said Olivia Grégoire.
This Tuesday, July 12, 2022, questioned by a journalist, the President of the Republic for the first time responded directly to these accusations of favoritism. “If I could redo it, I would. We must fight by all means against mass unemployment“.”I fully accept it, I have seen foreign business leaders and I am proud of it if they have created jobs in France […] and I will do it again tomorrow and the day after tomorrow“, chanted the head of state.
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