Three Paris drivers have been fined and banned from driving after tourists were charged €230 for a taxi from Charles de Gaulle airport into the city, in a case brought by Paris taxi authorities to try and deter unlicensed drivers from performing this type of scam.
A French taxi association has reported a driver to police, after he massively overcharged two tourists for a ride from Charles-de-Gaulle airport to their hotel in Paris.
A 'flying' electric river taxi is being put through a battery of tests on the River Seine in Paris this week, with a view to being in service by the spring.
Last week The Local reported on an outrageous scam by a Paris taxi driver, the latest in a long litany of abuses by cab-drivers. But is getting a taxi in the French capital really that fraught with danger, or are their drivers unfairly maligned?
Ride-hailing giant Uber has won a case filed by a French driver claiming he should be considered an employee, with judges saying the company is simply an intermediary -- a ruling that clashes with a top EU court decision just weeks ago.
The government is mulling a new fund that would effectively compensate cab drivers in France for what they've shelled out on their licences. But cabbies in Toulouse continue to strike and threaten to step up their game.
France has nothing to fear from the "Uberisation" of its economy, it's just a sign of progress and hope," writes Martin Dixon, a director of the Franco-British Chamber of Commerce.
Just one week after taxi drivers held a three-day national strike, Uber drivers joined those from other minicab firms in a protest of their own on Wednesday.
French taxi drivers continued to hold protests in cities across France on Wednesday as they aimed to put pressure on the government to bow to their demands. In the west farmers also blocked roads.
As national strikes continue, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Tuesday that he would appoint a mediator "within 48 hours" to rebalance France's taxi problems.
With Paris taxi drivers preparing for another protest, Uber has riled the tetchy taxi community by offering them its own booking platform to use for themselves.
The French government has launched the app "Le Taxi" for Paris taxi users in a bid to challenge the popularity of Uber. Disgruntled Uber drivers, meanwhile, have also launched their own app to compete with their employers.
Ride-booking service Uber said on Thursday that it would reduce passenger prices in the French capital by 20 percent in a bid to keep up with competition.
Paris will deploy 200 extra police specifically charged with cracking down on illegal taxi activities, after cabbies staged protests last week against the "unfair competition" from ride-sharing app UberPop.
Regulators in Brussels are pressuring France over a new law designed to halt the meteoric rise of Uber, the popular taxi app that is facing fierce opposition from traditional cabs.
Paris cab drivers protested on Thursday after new government plans were announced to introduce flat rates from the airports into the city centre. But maybe the famously unpopular cabbies have a point this time.
