Uber suspends UberPop service in France

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Uber announced on Friday that it will be suspending its UberPop in France a week after the government and taxi drivers declared war on the controversial service.

After a spate of violent protests and the arrest of two bosses, Uber finally suspended its controversial low-cost
UberPOP private driver service in France on Friday, six months after it was banned.

“Uber has decided to immediately suspend UberPOP in France,” the US company said in a statement, adding that it was waiting to see the outcome of a legal appeal against the ban, due by September.

UberPOP puts customers in touch with private drivers at budget prices. The company says it has 500,000 users.

The service has angered taxi drivers who say it represents unfair competition because the UberPOP drivers do not face the same regulations and pricing restrictions as professionals.

A nationwide taxi strike turned violent last week, with cars set alight and reports of UberPOP passengers being attacked.

The decision to suspend the service “follows the acts of violence of the past two weeks,” said Uber in the statement.

UberPOP was made illegal in January, but the law has proved difficult to enforce and the service continued to operate.

Uber has filed two complaints with the European Commission against the law, which it is also challenging in France’s Constitutional Court… see more

source: thelocal

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