According to Agence France-Presse, Uber has been ordered by the courts to pay €1.2m (£910,000) to a French taxi union, as it was ruled that Uber drivers were acting as traditional taxis waiting to pick up passengers on the street. The ruling is part of an ongoing legal battle between Uber, which operates in more than 100 countries, and France’s national transport union SNCF, who have accused the company of breaking labour laws with its
According to Agence France-Presse, Uber has been ordered by the courts to pay €1.2m (£910,000) to a French taxi union, as it was ruled that Uber drivers were acting as traditional taxis waiting to pick up passengers on the street. This ruling comes as taxi drivers across France have been protesting against Uber as the ride-sharing company amid claims that the operator has taken a third of their business.