leaked documents show president emmanuel macron and a former eu competition commissioner held a series of private meetings with uber. at the time, the ride sharing app had been banned in france and sparked protests across europe from taxi drivers who felt their livelihoods were being threatened. as part of an investigation by the international consortium of investigativejournalists, the bbc has discovered how uber used political contacts to get what it wanted. richard bilton reports. when hoover first arrived when hooverfirst arrived in france, it started a taxi well. but while many cabdrivers were
leaked documents show french president emmanuel macron and a former eu competition commissioner held a series of private meetings with uber. at the time, the ride sharing app had been banned in france and sparked protests across europe from taxi drivers who felt their livelihoods were being threatened. as part of an investigation by the international consortium of investigativejournalists, the bbc has discovered how uber used political contacts to get what it wanted. richard bilton reports. horn blares. when uber first arrived in france, it started a taxi war. horn blares. but while many cab drivers were on the streets, the leak shows uber had a friend in government. the documents show that despite uber offering an illegal service, emmanuel macron, then minister for economic and digital affairs, agreed to help them change the law.
leaked documents show french president emmanuel macron and a former eu competition commissioner held a series of private meetings with uber. at the time, the ride sharing app had been banned in france and sparked protests across europe from taxi drivers, who felt their livelihoods were being threatened. as part of an investigation by the international consortium of investigativejournalists, the bbc has discovered how uber used political contacts to get what it wanted. richard bilton reports. when uber first arrived in france, it started a taxi war. but while many cab drivers were on the streets, the leak shows uber had a friend in government. the documents show that despite uber offering an illegal service, emmanuel macron, then minister for economic and digital affairs, agreed to help them change the law.
been staggering ashore and collapsing after gorging themselves on a huge shoal of their favourite food, pilchards. some had eaten so much they could barely stand. this is newsday on the bbc. i m karishma vaswani in singapore. 0ur headlines: the speaker of the sri lankan parliament says president gotabaya rajapaksa fled the island following the storming of his official residence. japan s ruling coalition is set to increase its majority in the upper house. leaked documents show french president emmanuel macron and a former eu competition commissioner held a series of private meetings with uber. at the time, the ride sharing app had been banned in france and sparked protests across europe from taxi drivers who felt their livelihoods were being threatened. as part of an investigation by the international consortium of investigativejournalists, the bbc has discovered how uber used political contacts to get what it wanted. richard bilton reports.
a penguin problem fairy penguins have been staggering ashore and collapsing after gorging themselves on a huge shoal of their favourite food, pilchards. some had eaten so much, they could barely stand. this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: sri lanka s president gotabaya rajapaksa assures people he will resign as promised this week as protesters continue to occupy his palace. his whereabouts are currently uncertain. a heatwave hits much of western europe. parts of spain reach 43 degrees. leaked documents show emmanuel macron and a former eu competition commissioner held a series of private meetings with uber. at the time, president macron was a government minister and the ride sharing app had been banned in france and sparked protests