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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11465

12 January 2016
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) digital
Oettinger backs French BlaBlaCar service

Brussels, 11/01/2016 (Agence Europe) - Digital Economy Commissioner Gunther Oettinger will not take the same approach with French car sharing service BlaBlaCar as with US-headquartered Uber service which allows cars with drivers to be reserved. That is what he stated following a meeting with German Transport and Digital Infrastructure Minister Alexander Dobrindt on Monday 11 January.

“BlaBlaCar is not profit-driven, unlike Uber, which is a commercial service provider in direct competition...

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