Police scanning CCTV footage
have identified some 100 taxi drivers and street traders who
caused mayhem with protests in central Rome Tuesday, police
sources said Wednesday. Four of the protesters including two
members of the far-right Forza Nuova (New Force) group were
arrested after clashing with police and smashing apartment and
shop windows with firecrackers. Seven protesters were taken to
hospital. The taxi drivers were protesting a government measure
that would favour the expansion of Uber while the traders were
protesting the EU's Bolkestein Directive forcing them to reapply
for licenses. The day of chaos came on the sixth day of a
nationwide taxi strike, which was ended by government mediation
Tuesday night. Transport Minister Graziano Delrio vowed to frame
a law securing both existing rights and liberalisation.
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