Around 500 taxis demonstrated on Tuesday morning, December 3, in Paris, near the National Assembly, to protest against lower pricing for the transport of patients, noted a journalist from Agence France-Presse. The Rhône prefecture called on the CRS on Tuesday morning to ” release “ traffic access blocked by taxi drivers around Lyon.
In order to make 300 million euros in savings on this medical transport, the Barnier government, threatened with censorship, wishes to force taxis and medical transporters to negotiate measures with Health Insurance, under penalty of imposed price reductions.
Between firecrackers and fireworks, taxis protested on the Esplanade des Invalides, in Paris, against this negotiation with Health Insurance and asked to be received by parliamentarians or by the Ministry of Health, explained Walid Hanida , from the Team Taxi collective, at the origin of the demonstration.
They were also demonstrating against online platforms like Uber Health that could arrive in the sector, “breaking the taximeter to destructure our economic and social model”, underlined Mr. Hanida.
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Blockages in the Lyon metropolitan area
Several hundred taxis had already participated in blockages or slowdowns on Monday in the Lyon metropolitan area and in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. “ At the request of the prefectural authority, CRS and police personnel are deployed to free up traffic lanes”blocked by taxi drivers, writes the prefecture.
On Monday, more than 1,500 taxis in the region participated in blockades around Lyon, according to the Federation of Independent Taxis of the Rhône (FTI69). The mobilization was less Tuesday morning, even in the opinion of taxi drivers.
In 2023, more than 40,000 taxis were approved to transport sick people suffering from pathologies, ranging from cancer to psychiatric illnesses, according to Health Insurance, or almost three quarters of taxis in France. In rural areas, these medical transports represent the bulk of their income, described several taxi drivers demonstrating in Paris.
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