MIGHT EQUALS RIGHT: A taxi displaying a poster that reads "Stop Uber" during a protest in Marseille against UberPOP. Uber said it was suspending its controversial low-cost UberPOP service in France, six months after it was banned by the government and following a spate of strikes by taxi drivers.
PARIS: 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 July 3, 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.
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