Italian taxi drivers spontaneously
stopped their vehicles across the country Tuesday in a protest
against the widespread allegedly dishonest practices uncovered
in the Uber Files probe.
The drivers have been protesting for weeks against article 10 of
the government's competition bill, whose deregulation they say
will open them up to unfair competition from web-based
ride-sharing services like Uber.
"We are protesting to defend public services," they said
Tuesday.
Last week the drivers staged a two-day strike that threatened to
turn nasty with bottle-throwing at the premier's office in Rome.
The Uber Files allegedly show how the ride-hailing start-up
begun by Travis Kalanick in San Francisco in 2010 became a
global behemoth by harnessing technology, working around laws,
and using aggressive lobbying tactics to curry favour with
governments during the period of its dramatic expansion.
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