Spain: Taxi drivers threaten to occupy CNMC facilities

Élite Taxi, one of Spain’s most radical groups within the transport sector, has threatened to “occupy” public administration offices in Barcelona whose responsibility is the regulation of transport. Included are the Catalan Competition Authority and the National Market and Competition Commission (CNMC).

This step represents a change of strategy for the organization that was founded in 2013. They intend to abandon strikes and specific protests in order to carry out these types of actions, intended to pressure authorities into awarding concessions in the sector’s intense struggle against mobile ride-sharing and cab-hailing platforms.

In recent months the mobilization of the taxi sector has been a repeat occurrence. Last July a demonstration took place both in Madrid and Barcelona, which was not supported by Fedetaxi, the sector’s largest guild.

Full Content: El Español

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