Street traders protesting
liberalisation of the sector under the EU's Bolkestein Directive
blew out the windows of three apartments and a former bank with
three firecrackers near the Lower House Tuesday. The traders,
who have joined an anti-Uber protest by taxi drivers, are
protesting a provision in the directive that says they must bid
for the renewal of their licenses, by competitive tender. The
protests have snarled traffic in central Rome, already increased
by a six-day-long taxi strike that has forced many Romans to
take to their cars.
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