Taxi drivers threaten to bar access to French Open

Published May 25, 2025
Taxi drivers slow down the traffic on the A1 highway, past the Stade de France stadium, leading to inner Paris as they protest proposed changes in how the state finances medical transport services and chauffeur-driven private cars. — AFP
Taxi drivers slow down the traffic on the A1 highway, past the Stade de France stadium, leading to inner Paris as they protest proposed changes in how the state finances medical transport services and chauffeur-driven private cars. — AFP

PARIS: French taxi drivers will next week step up protest actions, including paralysing access to Paris airports and the French Open tennis championship, in an increasingly acrimonious standoff with the government, their main federation said on Saturday.

Taxi drivers have over the last week blocked roads in a row with the government about payments for transporting patients which for many cab drivers form a major part of their businesses. Meanwhile grievances against ride-hailing services such as Uber and Bolt have been aired again, with taxi drivers seeing them as a threat to their livelihood.

Published in Dawn, May 25th, 2025

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