The European Commission at least partially enabled Neelie Kroes to secretly lobby for Uber in 2015, a matter that brought the former Dutch European Commissioner into disrepute last year. Kroes wanted to be open about her request to take on an advisory role for Uber, but the European Commission convinced her to terminate the consent procedure prematurely, thus keeping it out of the public eye, Follow the Money reports based on documents leaked by former Uber lobbyist and whistleblower Mark MacGann.