Analysis: Uber Files put Macron’s neoliberalism in the spotlight
But the Uber Files have triggered a new firestorm of criticism.
They show Macron to be “a lobbyist at the service of foreign private economic interests,” far-right politician Sebastien ChenuAurélien Taché, a former member of Macron’s centrist party who is now part of the left-wing opposition in parliament, described the findings as a “state scandal” that raised questions about Macron’s “conception of loyalty in politics.
Though they have few constitutional mechanisms to call Macron in for questioning, opposition parliamentarians hope to launch some form of special inquiry into his actions. A separate no-confidence vote against Macron’s prime minister, Élisabeth Borne, failed Monday. Macron, as he has for much of his tenure, remained aloof. On Monday, he hosted a major summit of some 180 foreign business executives in the palace at Versailles. Billions of dollars of new deals were on the table,
to build a new semiconductor factory near the Italian and Swiss borders. The event is dubbed “Choose France.”
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