Four taxi drivers were arrested
Tuesday for clashing with police during protests against Uber
and liberalisation of their sector. Two of them belonged to the
far-right Forza Nuova (New Force) extraparliamentary group,
including the leader of the Roman chapter of the group, Giuliano
Castellino, police said. Another protester, reportedly a street
trader, was cited for displaying a knuckle-duster outside the HQ
of the ruling Democratic Party, police said. But Forza Nuova
leader Roberto Fiore said the man wielding the knuckle-duster
was a policemen, threatening to hit Castellino.
The traders are protesting having to re-apply for licenses under
the Bolkestein Directive.
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