French President Emmanuel Macron. File photoMOSCOW, Jul 10French President Emmanuel Macron, as economy minister, helped Uber after police suspended its service in central Marseille in 2015, according to an investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), funded in part by one of George Soros' foundations. , says an investigation on the ICIJ website. after taxi drivers in Marseille prevented an Uber manager from speaking at a business event, the local police force suspended UberX service in central close to the airport and railway station. Then the company's lobbyist in Europe, Mark McGann, contacted Macron the next day. The minister replied to him 11 hours later, promising to deal with it personally. That evening, the head of the local police promised to elaborate on the order. Authorities issued a new order 12 days later, specifying that the ban applies to «unlicensed and unregulated» Uber drivers.
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