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Uber temporarily suspends Brussels service in first for Europe By Reuters

by Mike Robinson

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By Marine Strauss

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Uber Technologies (NYSE:) Inc. joined a protest of its drivers in Brussels on Thursday with an unprecedented suspension of its service in the Belgian capital.

Uber posted in a blog that drivers are prohibited from using their smartphones since 1995. Uber says those who use Uber’s app to pick customers up and then drive them home risk losing their vehicle.

Uber added, “This is not acceptable for 2021.” The sector had been waiting seven year to see reforms.

Uber sent clients an email stating that the company’s hail-riding services would not be available for three hours due to failure of the Brussels government to prepare a reform plan by the end of the summer. It was in direct contradiction to their promise to do so.

Uber stated that its suspension was unique and unprecedented in Europe. The company also said it stood by the more than 2,000 drivers using the Uber app each day, who are “fearful for their jobs and are concerned for their future.”

Uber drivers marched through central Brussels with hundreds of others to meet a delegation and drive their cars along the procession.

According to the Brussels government, a draft bill was prepared Tuesday that would reform taxi and ride-hailing service rules.

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