The majority on Tuesday denounced a “partisan and conspiratorial” approach to the parliamentary report on the Uber Files, which points to an “opaque” and “privileged” relationship between Emmanuel Macron and the Uber VTC platform.
The rapporteur Danielle Simonnet (LFI-Nupes) has chosen partisan and conspiratorial coverage of this subject, castigated Benjamin Haddad, president (Renaissance) of the parliamentary inquiry commission, during a press conference at the National Assembly.
According to the report published on Tuesday, the confidentiality and the intensity of the contacts between Uber, Mr. Emmanuel Macron and his cabinet testify to an opaque but privileged relationship, including since his accession to the Presidency of the Republic, with the Californian company.
At a separate press conference held shortly after Benjamin Haddad’s, Danielle Simonnet on Tuesday accused Uber of exploiting all loopholes and engaging in aggressive lobbying. And yes, a deal did take place between the Californian society and the executive, she argued.
The platforms are outlawed from the point of view of the labor code, their tax obligations, the rules of competition and there has been no political impetus for the administrations to crack down, she said. so.
Despite their criticisms, the ten Renaissance deputies and their allies, as well as the only elected LR, abstained because they have nothing to hide, argued Mr. Haddad.
There was no form of opacity, compensation, collusion between public actors and Uber when it arrived in France, he insisted.
According to him, the State has not failed in its task, it has responded to a complex task (the arrival of the platforms) by adapting the regulations.
The rapporteur here had a clear objective: to remove the notion of a platform so as to no longer have self-employed workers, and only employees, he argued.
However, the working conditions on the platforms (VTC, delivery) too often remain indignant, recognized the president of the commission of inquiry.
The platforms must fully engage in social dialogue and the legislator will take responsibility if the players in the sector are unable to move forward on the subject within the year, he further assured.