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 is taking on popular start-ups by launching its own home-delivery service that allows customers to have their lunch delivered to their door.
Drivers from ride-booking service Uber held a protest in Paris on Tuesday over their company's decision to reduce passenger fares by 20 percent as a result of competition.
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.
Uber announced on Friday that it will be suspending its UberPop in France a week after the government and taxi drivers declared war on the controversial service.
Uber France and two of its bosses will go on trial in September over the company's allegedly "illegal" ride-booking practices, prosecutors said on Tuesday, after violent protests by taxi drivers against the app.
Two of the bosses of Uber France have been arrested by police and taken into questioning, reports claim on Monday. It comes after France declared war on the UberPop ride-sharing app.
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.
French taxi drivers have never been the most cherished bunch of people but after this week’s violent protests any sympathy the general public had for cabbies appears to have been extinguished.
French president François Hollande has stepped in to condemn the violent protests by taxi drivers and called for UberPop to be taken off the road. A number of taxi drivers continued their strike on Friday.
UPDATED: The French government responded to nationwide protests by taxi drivers on Thursday by vowing to crackdown on ride-sharing app UberPop. There were ugly scenes across the country as protests turned violent.
Rocker Courtney Love blasted the French president on Thursday saying "where are the f**king police" after the car she was travelling in was attacked in violent anti-Uber protests in Paris. Tourists also spoke of their shock as cars were burned and vandalized.
The conflict between taxi drivers and Uber in France is increasingly turning ugly with one client of Uber allegedly beaten by cabbies at the weekend. More strife could be on its way.
Californian ride-sharing service Uber has risked provoking the wrath of French authorities and taxi drivers alike by opening its controversial Uberpop service in more cities across the country, despite technically being illegal. Taxi drivers held immediate protests.
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.
French taxi driver unions have threatened “spectacular measures” if the government does not ban the controversial ride-sharing service UberPop within the next 15 days.
UberPop, the low-cost car sharing service from Uber has been given a stay of execution in France after an appeals court put back a decision on whether to ban the smartphone app until September. It comes as Uber says it has filed complaints with the EU against France, Germany and Spain.
French police raided the Paris offices of the Uber taxi app company on Tuesday as part of an investigation into its controversial ride-sharing service.
Uber, the taxi app company under fire around the world, has filed an EU complaint against a French ban on amateur drivers doubling as chauffeurs, the European Union said on Wednesday.
A student returning home after celebrating her birthday claims she was attacked by a mob of angry taxi drivers after choosing the rival private chauffeured car service Uber over their services, French media reported Monday.
The French branch of American ride-sharing service Uber was hit with a €100,000 in Paris on Thursday after judges ruled it sold itself in a misleading way. It's the latest battle over the tech-driven service.
French authorities said Friday they are going after for-profit car-sharing services such as that operated by US firm Uber, warning they risked a €1.5-million ($2 million) fine under a new law being prepared.
Paris's notoriously grouchy taxi drivers are unlikely to get much sympathy when they stage a protest against the rise of private hire cabs on Monday. But a union leader tells The Local that they are fighting for their livelihoods and their reputation for rudeness is unfair.
Californian start-up Uber launched a new ridesharing service in the French capital on Wednesday, that could see (almost) anyone become a chauffeur. The move is unlikely to go down well with Paris’s infamously tetchy taxi drivers however.
