Ride-sharing group Uber has been told by French authorities that it owes €1.7 billion ($2 billion) in unpaid payroll taxes, according to a media report Monday.
US ride-hailing group Uber said Wednesday that it would start deploying electric bikes and scooters for rent on Paris streets as soon as this week, joining a crowded market which city officials have vowed to rein in.
A French court has reached a "landmark decision" against ride-hailing giant Uber after it backed a former driver who wanted his terms of employment recognised as a fully-fledged work contract.
France's data protection agency said Thursday that it had fined the US ride-hailing group Uber 400,000 euros ($460,000) over a 2016 data breach that exposed the personal data of some 57 million clients and drivers worldwide.
Ride-hailing giant Uber has won a case filed by a French driver claiming he should be considered an employee, with judges saying the company is simply an intermediary -- a ruling that clashes with a top EU court decision just weeks ago.
French taxi drivers, who have long battled against Uber, have now declared war on Estonian start-up Taxify, blocking its recruitment offices in protest at its "aggressive" arrival in Paris.
Uber is about to face stiff competition in France with the launch on Thursday of Taxify, a car-hailing app that claims it will be 10 percent cheaper than its American rival - and will pay its drivers more.
Taxi ride app Uber has noticed a big drop in the number of drivers available in Paris at evenings and customers have seen the cost of their ride home jump. There’s a simple explanation.
A French businessman has filed for €45 million in reparations from Uber. His complaint? That Uber allegedly caused his divorce after his wife received notifications about his trips and suspected he was being unfaithful.
Drivers for American taxi app Uber and other ride hailing services held protests at Paris's two airports on Friday, partially blockading road access and forcing police to issue traffic warnings.
Air passengers in Paris could be set for a rough ride on Friday as drivers working for the Uber app have called for airport blockades on Friday morning following failed negotiations with the American company.
Ride-hailing app Uber is upping its prices in France, the company announced on Thursday, in a move aimed at improving pay and conditions for its drivers.
Two French executives from Uber were due to go on trial in Paris on Thursday facing a string of charges that could result in prison sentence. French taxi drivers are also demanding €100 million compensation.
Ride-sharing service Uber is going offline for four hours on Tuesday to show its support for private minicab drivers in their ongoing war against traditional taxi drivers.
France has nothing to fear from the "Uberisation" of its economy, it's just a sign of progress and hope," writes Martin Dixon, a director of the Franco-British Chamber of Commerce.
UPDATED: The dispute between taxis and private mini-cab firms like Uber looked like boiling over with further protests on Friday at Charles de Gaulle airport and in the centre of the city.
Just one week after taxi drivers held a three-day national strike, Uber drivers joined those from other minicab firms in a protest of their own on Wednesday.
Private booking cab firms like Uber and Chauffeur Privé have seen their number of new users jump ten-fold, reports say, as taxi drivers took their protests into a third day on Thursday.
With Paris taxi drivers preparing for another protest, Uber has riled the tetchy taxi community by offering them its own booking platform to use for themselves.
