Le Figaro Bordeaux
The Bordeaux ring road is the scene of many demands.
After the siege of farmers between exits 26 and 27 last week, it is the taxis who have been organizing a “snail operation” since 6:30 a.m. this Monday.
Several hundred taxi drivers are mobilized: 500 to 800 demonstrators are claimed by the Bordeaux Métropole and Gironde taxi union (STBMG), while the Gironde prefecture confirms the presence of
“several hundred taxis”
.
A Gironde mobilization at the call of four national organizations which demand a renegotiation of the conditions of remuneration for the transport of patients, while the National Health Insurance Fund (Cnam) has put on the table an agreement which they consider unfavorable to the occupation.
At issue: the fear that these new conditions will force them to carpool patients and significant additional discounts in the case of medical transport.
Protest in front of the prefecture
After slowdowns on the Bordeaux ring road, taxi drivers met in front of the Gironde prefecture, in the center of Bordeaux, to make themselves heard.
“We will not give up, we will go all the way to get back on good foundations with the Cnam
,” declared Éric Roulière-Laumonier, president of the STBMG.
The Gironde prefecture recommends that Bordeaux residents who can do so should telework and avoid using the roads.