Conflict of interest: Minister Digital Delegate Reduced from Uber file

Jean-Noël Barrot had already assured that he would not take care of the subjects linked to the company, because of her proximity to the director of communication for the group of the group, Hélène Barrot.

Le Monde

On July 5, Jean-Noël Barrot, freshly appointed Minister Delegate in charge of Digital Transition and Telecommunications, had already promised it to the specialized media Context : it” would deport “subjects linked to Uber because of its proximity to the group’s communication director for France and Western Europe-that is to say her sister, Hélène Barrot.

A promise now translated by a decree decree Posted in the Official Journal, Friday July 22 , taken under a 1959 decree relating to the issue of conflicts of interest within the government. The latter provides that the Minister Delegate “does not know acts of any kind relating specifically to the Uber group”, and that the corresponding attributions will therefore be directly exercised by the Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire.

/Media reports.