Data leak reveals questionable practices of Uber, also in Belgium
The PS group in the Brussels parliament is preparing to table a proposal to set up a commission of inquiry into the practices of the multinational group in the capital. “Investigations by private detectives directed against Brussels ministers, repeated violations of sectoral laws, destruction of data, obstruction of justice, organization of false demonstrations, suspicions of tax evasion, front companies to circumvent Brussels legislation, etc. are all attacks against our rule of law and our democracy”, explained the leader of the socialist group, Ridouane Chahid. “Faced with such violent behavior, impunity is not an option for the PS”, he added.
For his part, the leader of the PS group in the Chamber, Ahmed Laaouej, has indicated that he will challenge the Minister of Justice, Vincent Van Quickenborne, so that he makes use of his right of positive injunction with regard to parquet. The actions revealed by the international consortium of journalists broadcast in his eyes the opening of a judicial investigation. There is also nothing to indicate that these facts have ceased, particularly in terms of tax evasion, he underlined.
The place of Uber or companies offering the same transport services in the Belgian capital, as in other major cities in the world, has given rise to bitter political debates and has created a reform of the “taxi plan” approved by the regional parliament in June.