French Taxi Drivers Vow to Continue Strikes and Blockades

This Thursday, taxi drivers again demonstrated in Paris and Pau against the new conditions of sanitary transport. Boulevard Raspail, in Paris, near the Ministry of Transport, has been occupied since Monday.

French taxi drivers vow to continue strikes and blockades

The head of France's national taxi federation has warned that protests will continue until Sunday, with more blockades planned across the country, particularly near key locations like airports.

In Pau (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), which became one of the centers of mobilization because it is the city of Prime Minister François Bayrou, hundreds of taxis according to their representatives, 100 according to the police, were again mobilized on Thursday. The inter-union of taxis asked for the appointment of a police officer.

Paris - Thousands of taxis protested on Thursday 22 May for the fourth consecutive day against a new convention governing the transport of patients but also against the competition of the VTC

In Paris, but also in Pau and Marseille, hundreds of taxis again demonstrated this Thursday for the fourth consecutive day against the new conditions of health transport and the competition of the VTCs and intend to continue the mobilization.

Streets and boulevards blocked, filtering dams: hundreds of taxis have been demonstrating since Monday in several cities of France, including Paris. HERE, with the cell True or Faux de franceinfo, explains why the question of the transport of sick people is at the heart of their demands.