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 secret agreements, pressure, and harsh measures. The history of "Uber" and its connection to Macron is being looked at.

Excerpts from an investigation into Uber's involvement in aggressive methods and unlawful acts, as well as its signing of a covert agreement with the current French President Emmanuel Macron when he was Economy Minister, have been released by The International Press.

When he served as the country's economics minister from 2014 to 2016, the investigative journalist charged French President Emmanuel Macron with secretly approving Uber's request to increase its presence in France.

The investigation, which comprised 42 media outlets, was based on tens of thousands of internal papers that were supplied to the Guardian newspaper by an unidentified source.

According to the investigative publication Le Monde, Macron was not only a promoter of the business but also practically an accomplice.

An alleged "secret contract" between French President Emmanuel Macron and the massive transportation company Uber when Macron was a minister in Francois Hollande's socialist administration was denounced by French opposition lawmakers on Sunday as a "theft of the country." 

The publication reported on conferences held in the minister's office as well as meetings, phone calls, and text messages exchanged between the "Uber France" teams and Macron and his advisers.

According to the Elysee Palace, Macron was "of course" in contact with "many companies involved in the profound transformation that took place over those mentioned years in the service sector, and(it is a transformation) that had to be facilitated by opening administrative and regulatory obstacles," when he served as economy minister at the time.

In response, Uber said that the discussions with Macron were required of him as the French Economy Minister.

Stealing the nation

But when Macron was "adviser and minister to Francois Hollande," left-wing politician Mathilde Bano blasted on Twitter what she saw as a scheme to "steal the country."

According to Fabien Roussel, the leader of the Communist Party, the revelations demonstrate "the active role played by Emmanuel Macron, when he was minister, to facilitate the development of Uber in France, against all of our rules, all of our social rights, and against all of the rights of our workers."

Communist MP Pierre Darville demanded a parliamentary investigation into the situation on his behalf.

The leader of the far-right National Rally party, Jean Bardella, claimed on Twitter that the discoveries demonstrated how Macron's career was built on "putting private interests, frequently foreign ones, before national interests."

Exploitation and aggression

In the same vein, the probe charged Uber with "breaking the law" and used coercive tactics to seize control of the transportation industry.

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists shared approximately 124 thousand documents with The Guardian, spanning the years 2013 to 2017. These documents included memos, invoices, emails, and letters from managers who worked for "Uber" at the time.

The corporation "has disobeyed the law, misled the police and regulators, exploited violence against drivers, and discreetly influenced governments throughout the world," claims The Guardian newspaper.

Media reports cite letters from the company's then-president, Travis Kalanick, in which a number of executives voiced their worries about the dangers that drivers who were urged by "Uber" to take part in a protest in Paris may be subjected to.

According to reports, Kalanick addressed these worries by saying, 

   "I believe it is worthwhile. Violence ensures victory ".

The Guardian claims that "Uber" has used similar strategies in several European nations (Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, Italy, etc.), organizing its drivers and enticing them to report assaults to the police to capitalize on media attention and win concessions from the government.

The controversial former official Travis Kalanick's spokesman, Devon Spurgeon, however, claimed in a statement that,

"Kalanick has never implied that Uber promotes violence at the expense of driver safety."