UBER leaks scandal: Macron is the least of it. A multinational on the edge of the law, to destroy taxi drivers
The 124,000 documents relating to Uber that have been made public by the international journalistic consortium , including whatsapp messages, emails, internal documents, draw a very unethical company profile and bordering on legality, if not beyond. in the drawing that emerges, having used Macron, Hollande's Minister of Economy from 2014 to 2016, as a kind of super lobbyist, is almost a normal and secondary thing.
In a 2014 message to a colleague, former Uber head of global communications, Nairi Hourdajian, allegedly said: " Sometimes we have problems because, well, we're just illegal, ca..o ".
In an exchange between Kalanick and the executives, the co-founder overlooked concerns about sending French Uber drivers to demonstrate against the taxi industry. “ I think it's worth it… Violence guarantees success ,” Kalanick wrote to colleagues on the board.
There were also messages between Kalanick and Emmanuel Macron, who helped the company enter the French market – it was noted that Macron, then minister of the economy, secretly brokered deals with opponents of the French cabinet to allow the company to disrupt the taxi industry in Europe.
Another aspect that emerges is what the meetings of the World Economic Forum are really for . In 2016, Kalanick met then US Vice President Biden at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. He sent a message to his staff about Biden's delay: "I asked my co-workers to let him know that every minute of delay is one minute less he will have with me." In practice, the WEF is just a place where large multinationals "buy" politicians.
According to details from The Uber Files, the company's executives have held 100 meetings around the world, in 17 countries. In these meetings the foundations have been laid for a lobbying activity, which is nothing more than an infiltration into the structures of the states and the upheaval of the democratic order, investing in this activity at least 90 million dollars. All to destroy a regulated and widespread activity such as taxi transport.
In particular, the number of contacts he had with officials and members of the European Commission, which acted as a real pickpick to crack national regulations and help the multinational, is impressive. Now you realize where the Bolkestein comes from, the legislation for the liberalization of services.
It is also clear that executives knew their businesses were not completely legitimate: a document revealed that Uber developed a "kill switch" so that when authorities raided offices around the world, they would not have access. to company data, preventing any legal action.
In response to the disclosure, Uber spokesperson Jill Hazelbaker admitted that mistakes were made when Kalanick ran the company. However, his replacement, Dara Khosrowshahi, was "tasked with transforming every aspect of Uber's operation" and "installed the rigorous controls and compliance required to operate as a public company."
“We have not and will not find excuses for past behavior that is clearly not in line with our current values. Instead, we ask the public to judge us based on what we have done over the past five years and what we will do in the years to come, ”Hazelbaker said.
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