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 on the streets, the leak shows uber had a friend in government. documents show despite uber offering an legal service, emmanuel macron then nestorfor service, emmanuel macron then nestor for economic service, emmanuel macron then nestorfor economic and service, emmanuel macron then nestor for economic and digital affairs, agreed to help them change the law. the leak shows uber offe
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