{"id":7928,"date":"2020-03-01T13:35:02","date_gmt":"2020-03-01T13:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.incirliseviye.com\/?p=7928"},"modified":"2020-03-01T13:35:02","modified_gmt":"2020-03-01T13:35:02","slug":"uber-expands-in-france-despite-crackdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/?p=7928","title":{"rendered":"Uber expands in France, despite crackdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"art\"><figcaption>\n<p>Parisian taxi drivers on strike | EPA<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<header>\n<h1>Uber expands in France, despite crackdown<\/h1>\n<p class=\"subhead\">As Uber&#8217;s French connection strengthens, taxi drivers warn the ride-sharing service to stay out \u2014 or else.<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<footer class=\"meta\">\n<p>\n\t\t\tBy\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vcard\">Zoya Sheftalovich<\/span>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"timestamp\"><time datetime=\"2015-06-09T14:57:20+00:00\">6\/9\/15, 2:57 PM CET<\/time><\/p>\n<p class=\"updated\">Updated <time datetime=\"2015-06-09T14:57:52+00:00\">6\/9\/15, 2:57 PM CET<\/time><\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<p>Uber expanded its ride-sharing operations into the French cities of Strasbourg, Nantes and Marseille this week, inciting local taxi drivers to fury and resisting a government crackdown.<\/p>\n<p>Uber already has several hundred drivers registered in each of its new locations and 1 million active users in France, according to Thomas Meister, Uber\u2019s communications director for western Europe.<\/p>\n<p>The expansion was met with fierce resistance from taxi drivers. Protesters gathered outside hotels in Marseille and Nantes where Uber drivers were receiving orientation training. Taxi unions in all three cities have also appealed to local authorities to ban the service.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe training continued, nothing was cancelled. We\u2019re not bending under pressure,\u201d\u00a0Meister said. \u201cThe problem with the French taxi industry is that it has done nothing, hasn\u2019t changed, in 60 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The launch of the service in Strasbourg coincided with the June voting session of the European Parliament, followed by staff, \u00a0lobbyists, journalists and various hangers-on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they dare to come here, we will massacre them,\u201d a Strasbourg taxi driver told POLITICO, refusing to give his name before driving off.<\/p>\n<p>However, many of those in Strasbourg welcomed Uber\u2019s entry into the market.<\/p>\n<p>Guy Verhofstadt, leader\u00a0of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group, was one high-profile fan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am happy to see that Uber will also offer its services in Strasbourg,\u201d he said. \u201cThe growth of the app economy should be seen as part of the solution [to unemployment], rather than part of the problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In France, Uber already operates in Paris, Lyon, Lille, Bordeaux, Toulouse and the French Riviera, despite facing\u00a0continued pressure from authorities.<\/p>\n<p>With a\u00a0mish-mash of local and national laws and court cases\u00a0in the works, Uber&#8217;s legal status in the country is complicated.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, a French law banned ride sharing services like Uber\u2019s, but Meister\u00a0told POLITICO he didn&#8217;t believe the law&#8217;s definition applied to Uber\u00a0and appeals are ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his opinion, a special unit in the Paris police force continued a city-wide crackdown on Uber drivers, looking for cars with dash-mounted mobile phones and passengers in the back seat.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, a French court ruled that Uber&#8217;s\u00a0chauffeur service, UberX, could continue to operate and charge by the kilometer as long as drivers returned to a base, such as a parking lot, between fares.<\/p>\n<p>Various prefectures around the country have attempted to ban ride sharing services like Uber&#8217;s, including the Bordeaux province, but the company has resisted.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the\u00a0Bordeaux prefecture declined to comment on the expansion of Uber, directing POLITICO to the French ministry for transport. The ministry directed\u00a0POLITICO to the ministry of the interior, which did not immediately respond to POLITICO&#8217;s requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Uber has faced an uphill struggle in Europe, with several countries including Portugal, Spain, Germany, Italy and Belgium cracking down on its operations. While Belgium has since warmed to the service, announcing that it will soon be legalized, other countries remain committed to keeping it out. Uber recently pulled out of Germany as a result of a government action\u00a0there.<\/p>\n<p>With millions of customers already using Uber\u00a0in Europe, it\u00a0isn\u2019t going down without a fight. The company\u00a0has filed complaints against\u00a0France, Germany and Spain with\u00a0the European Commission, alleging the countries\u2019 anti-Uber laws violate EU treaties.<\/p>\n<p>The Commission investigations are ongoing, but signs point to a positive resolution for Uber.<\/p>\n<p>Click Here: <a href='https:\/\/www.nrlshops.com\/United-Kingdom-Rugby-Jerseys' title='United Kingdom Rugby Jerseys'>United Kingdom Rugby Jerseys<\/a><\/p>\n<p>El\u017cbieta Bie\u0144kowska, Commissioner for the Internal Market, previously said she supports the sharing economy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a new way of doing business. We need to align with this, not fight this,&#8221; Bie\u0144kowska said. &#8220;We cannot fight with the windmills.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Hans von der Burchard and Marine Doux contributed to this story.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<footer class=\"content-credits\">\n<h6>Authors:<\/h6>\n<dl class=\"vcard\">\n<dt class=\"credits-author\"><span class=\"vcard\">Zoya Sheftalovich<\/span>&nbsp;<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parisian taxi drivers on strike | EPA Uber expands in France, despite crackdown As Uber&#8217;s French connection strengthens, taxi drivers warn the ride-sharing service to stay out \u2014 or else. By Zoya Sheftalovich 6\/9\/15, 2:57 PM CET Updated 6\/9\/15, 2:57 PM CET Uber expanded its ride-sharing operations into the French cities of Strasbourg, Nantes and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/onhee.com\/?p=7928\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Uber expands in France, despite crackdown&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7928\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}