Tens of diehards still resist and always at UberPop service, of which competition is deemed unfair, Friday, June 26 If the angry taxi drivers raised on the night of Thursday to Friday, blocking stations and Paris airports, forty of them remain stationed Porte Maillot, near a large police.
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“The drivers have decided to continue the movement because we don ‘ had nothing, only things that regulate undeclared work is somehow forbidden “, said Friday morning on RMC Khalid, a taxi driver in Paris. “Basically, our claim is the fight against the VTC (transport of cars with driver). Our word as drivers was not passed by our unions “, has he said.
His remarks were applauded by these taxis Porte Maillot in the west of Paris. However, this speech is not shared by the entire profession, including several organizations called back to work on Friday morning, claiming to have obtained “sufficient pledges” the authorities.
At the microphone Europe 1, the president of the Chambre Syndicale artisans taxi, Christian Delomel, on Friday called the “blockade lifted” taxis.
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Fight against VTC
In contrast to UberPop, including transportation service – provided by individuals with their vehicle every day – is deemed illegal by the government, the VTC are officially recognized. A finding that some taxis can not accept. Porte Maillot has been the scene of Thursday sometimes violent incidents, when VTC were stormed and burned causing the intervention of law enforcement.
“We are many find unacceptable what happened yesterday, but there was always irreducible, edgy “, slipped Friday morning a taxi on condition of anonymity. In Paris, the blockade of the taxis in front of stations was lifted as the North Station, where taxis were working normally Friday morning. The traffic was also normal to the Orly and Roissy.
In many French cities, the movement must also continue. In Toulouse, taxis would still be ready to block the airport and train station, according to La Dépêche du Midi , while in Lille the two stations of the city and the airport Lille-Lesquin are always blocked, as the report daily The Northern Voice
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70 vehicles damaged as a result of the mobilization
Francois Hollande and the government Thursday reaffirmed their commitment to close UberPop at the end of enamelled violence mobilization day that saw nearly 3000 taxis angry block train stations and airports in France to denounce the “wild competition” of the mobile application.
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Throughout France, ten people were arrested Thursday “under the excesses observed in Taxi drivers demonstrations “, seven police officers were injured and 70 vehicles damaged, according to Bernard Cazeneuve.
UberPop boasts 400,000 users in France. But its drivers do not pay taxes or contributions or have not followed the required 250 hours of training and are not insured professionally.
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