New mobilization of Madrid taxi drivers, who return to reveal this Wednesday. Just as they’re protesting in different massive cities resembling Valencia or Barcelona, on this case they reject the Regulation of the sector proposed by the Community of Madrid.
As defined in a press release on social networks, the Professional Taxi Federation of Madrid, Elite Taxi and different teams consider that some measures introduced by the regional authorities would imply the liberalization of the sector.
Something that the taxis are not looking for and, for that reason, they’re marching from 12 o’clock on their solution to the Ministry of Transport, on Maudes avenue. After beginning in Plaza de Castilla, they’ll end their tour at 2:00 p.m. there.
They particularly reject a number of factors that President Isabel Díaz Ayuso made within the Debate on the State of the Region. Among them, the deregulation of hours, as a result of it’s opposite to work and household reconciliation.
Or additionally the chance that there are authorized entities that get hold of licenses to supply the service. The concept is to surrender to a complete of fifty, however taxi drivers consider that this invitations multinationals “to burst the general public service.”
The conveners of the protest perceive that what must be regulated are transport autos with drivers (VTC). They think about that the proposals of the Madrid Executive go “plain and easy” because the apps of those companies.
“VTCs ought to adapt to the principles and never the opposite method round”
“The taxi shouldn’t compete with the VTC as they need to make consider. In any case, they’d be those who ought to adapt to the established guidelines and never the opposite method round,” the taxi drivers argue on this regard.
For his half, on Monday the Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, David Pérez, assured that there was nonetheless time to have the ability to approve the laws of the Taxi, VTC and the sanctioning regime of the latter.
There are presently 5 plenary classes left for the Chamber to be dissolved in view of the regional elections on May 28. Pérez affirmed that they’re working “intensively” to have the ability to approve them earlier than that second, though the occasions could also be truthful.
“I need to suppose that they aren’t going to make it tougher for us to reach on time. The remainder of the laws have their procedures and plans. We aspire to approve all three,” insisted the counselor when requested concerning the statements in December of a place from his Counseling within the department fee, the place he admitted that it was very troublesome to come back to an finish with these legal guidelines after the Vox slammed the door.
Pérez defined that within the case of the Taxi Regulations, the purpose is to take away obstacles and liberalize schedules, and with the VTC, “drive” them to adjust to the requirements and high quality standards, making a framework in order that they’ll work however with out invading the taxi ” .
What is going on within the Community of Madrid on this matter is just like what has been happening for a number of years in different cities in Spain. All as a result of irruption of the VTC to move vacationers in several circumstances from these of taxi drivers.