US EditionFrench Taxi Drivers Set to Strike on Monday
- French taxi drivers, backed by their unions, plan to stage a nationwide strike on Monday, May 19th, with strong participation anticipated in cities such as Paris and Pau.
- The strike comes after months of protests regarding adjustments to payments for health service-funded medical transport and ongoing disputes with the government.
- Drivers plan to form roadblocks, block airports, and gather daily on Boulevard Raspail in Paris to oppose the pricing model favoring digital VTC platforms.
- The Fédération nationale du taxi announced that French taxi drivers will join union-led protests opposing the current fare structure and the lenient treatment of digital VTC services.
- The strike signals strong union resistance to regulations perceived as lenient for VTC operators and may disrupt medical transport services, especially hospital trips.
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Several thousand taxis have protested throughout France at the call of their unions to protest against a tariff reform.
Hundreds of taxi drivers are mobilizing this Monday, May 19 in Paris and the Île-de-France region, in the framework of the so-called “caracol” operation on the A6 and A13 motorways, generating significant traffic withholdings, especially in the Yvelines region. The central protest takes place in Raspail Boulevard, in the 7th district of Paris, where taxi drivers are concentrated from morning hours and are planning to go to the Ministry of Transp…
Health insurance proposes to implement a package associated with a kilometric rate, in order to control the expenditure on health transport, which amounted to 6.74 billion euros in 2024.
Taxis are on strike throughout France to protest against the new pricing of patient transport.
The gatherings are planned "a little bit throughout the territory", especially in the large agglomerations and more particularly in Paris boulevard Raspail, in the district of the ministries, and in Pau, city of Prime Minister François Bayrou
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