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Jennifer Rankin in Brussels and Angelique Chrisafis in Paris

‘A state scandal’: calls for inquiry into Macron’s links to Uber lobbying

Emmanuel Macron
Emmanuel Macron. Illustration: Guardian Design; Chesnot/Getty Images

Emmanuel Macron is facing calls for a parliamentary inquiry, after the Uber files exposed his extraordinary efforts as French economy minister under his predecessor as president, François Hollande, to help the US cab-hailing company lobby against the closed-shop taxi industry.

French opposition politicians from the left and far right seized on reports of secret undeclared meetings and the promise of a “deal” brokered by Macron inside the government to help Uber.

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