UberPop France will no longer exist from this evening 20h – TF1

Uber ended up folding. In an interview with Le Monde published on Friday, the General Manager France of American society, Thibaud Simphal, announced the suspension of its Uberpop service in France. The measure comes into effect from Friday, 20 hours. The company spokesman confirmed this decision.

“We have decided to suspend UberPop in France, from 20 o’clock that Friday night. First to preserve the safety of drivers Uber, which has always been our priority. They have been victims of violence in recent days. The second reason is that we want to position ourselves in a spirit of appeasement, dialogue with the authorities and show that we take our responsibilities “has justified the French boss Uber in the daily newspaper.

Valls welcomes the taxi careful

Prime Minister Manuel Valls has welcomed this development, “demonstration that the firmness of the government in that area as in many others, paid”, he assured. “We have always said that we were not against Uber,
we were not against the VTC, it was again the rules, we are also prepared to examine in that area all the necessary changes, but UberPOP should be banned. “

taxi drivers’ organizations have kept for complacency. “The announcement is satisfactory in itself, however, we remain very vigilant and very suspicious. Uber is customary of such maneuvers and they are able to create similar applications under another name,” said Severine Bourlier General Secretary National Taxi Union. The union FO
Nordine Dahmane echoed him. “We take note”, but “we do not know what will come out later,” he has said. For his part, the Chief Yann Ricordel Taxis Bleus “commends the work of public authorities including law enforcement, which allowed since June 25 to restore public order by enforcing the law.” In a statement, it “calls for new taxi drivers to appeasement.”

The leaders returned Uber France Correctional

UberPop is an illegal trial service in France. It consists in particular relationship – the client and a lambda driver, who uses his own car and is therefore not a professional driver. The service is controversial because the driver is not subject to taxes and imposed burdens on the taxis and professional drivers. Which earned him accusations of unfair competition.

In recent days, the noose was tightened around UberPop. Of taxi drivers demonstrations had degenerated, causing clashes. Leaders Uber France were also placed in custody before being sent to correctional “misleading commercial practice illegal practice complicity of the taxi trade and processing illegal computer data”.

Rest qu’UberPop is not the only service Uber, which also offers a transportation business car with driver (VTC). It is legal and connects the client with a professional driver.

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