Uber Files: Pascal Smet “did nothing illegal or inappropriate”

Documents analyzed by “Le Soir” revealed last year that Pascal Smet (Vooruit), Brussels’ minister of mobility, was particularly close to the American company Uber between 2014 and 2017. A special commission of the Brussels parliament deems that he has done nothing illegal or inappropriate.


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En July 2022, the evening, tap And From Dijd Dedicated a document to the bottom line of Uber’s lobbying in Brussels. was invited Uber files, which highlights a series of questionable practices at the US company based on internal documents. Trying to establish itself in the Belgian capital, the multinational company, in 2014, a real “machine”. To lobby “. The company has thus hidden important data, bought off demonstrators, infiltrated management or called in private detectives. Its chief lobbyist in Brussels, Mark McCann, also maintained many contacts with Pascal Smet (Wooroot).




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