Clashes and arrests in Paris as taxi drivers strike over Uber

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Clashes and arrests in Paris as taxi drivers strike over Uber



PARIS: -- French police clashed with protesting taxi drivers in Paris on Tuesday, amid a day of major strike action across France.

Riot police officers used teargas and arrested 20 people during the morning clashes near the ring road that surrounds the French capital.

Later in the day, the demonstrators gathered near the ring road at Porte Maillot.

Activist Ibrahima Sylla pled for calm, but stressed that the protest itself was legitimate:

“We’ve applied for authorisation to strike at Porte Maillot, Roissy and Orly airport, so we have the right to be here and that’s why I ask people to remain calm.”

The taxi drivers have been demonstrating against app-based firms, such as Uber, which they say are unfairly undercutting their business.

Licensed taxi drivers held protests in several other cities across France.

Traffic was disrupted by demonstrations in Marseille, Lille and Toulouse.


-- (c) Copyright Euronews 2016-01-27

[Guitar God]

What's it take to get a taxi license in France, besides being rude?

[than]

What's it take to get a taxi license in France, besides being rude?

In the beginning taxi licence give by authorities were free, but taxi driver begun to resell its with high price in purpose to limit number of taxi in Paris

[seedy]

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[connda]

Nothing like a free market to strike terror in the hearts of an out-dated quasi-monopoly.

[MaeJoMTB]

"Activist Ibrahima Sylla pled for calm, but stressed that the protest itself was legitimate:"

Good French name that!

[Pdaz]

What's it take to get a taxi license in France, besides being rude?

Being a recently arrived reffo or some other minority seems to be a prerequisite