On the sidelines of a trip to Isère, the French president said on Tuesday ” fully assume » his disputed action with Uber when he was Minister of the Economy, pointing out that he acted at the time « to create thousands of jobs “.
” I am extremely proud (…), it is very difficult to create jobs without companies or entrepreneurs “said the Head of State. ” I would do it again tomorrow and the day after tomorrow “, he insisted after a visit to the site of the company STMicroelectronics.
In this context of ” Uber Files »an investigation based on thousands of internal Uber documents, The world concluded that there is a deal “secret between Uber and Emmanuel Macron when he was in Bercy.
” Seeing business leaders would be bad »
The oppositions continued on Tuesday to accuse the head of state of having defended the interests of Uber at the time when the company was developing its presence in France, when he himself was Minister of the Economy of François Holland, between 2014 and 2016.
” We introduce a kind of atmosphere which would consist in saying that seeing business leaders, in particular foreign ones, would be bad. But I fully accept it and looking at you ! I saw business leaders, the horror ! I saw them, it was always official, with collaborators. I’m proud of it ! If they have created jobs in France, I am very proud of that “, pleaded Emmanuel Macron.
” As one of my predecessors would say, it touches one without moving the other. “, insisted the head of state in reference to a sentence attributed to Jacques Chirac.
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(With AFP)