Nearly 3,000 Paris taxi drivers took to the streets on Thursday to protest Uber?s low-cost operations in France, snarling traffic for residents and tourists alike by blocking major roads, attacking Uber drivers, and burning cars and tires. The San Francisco-based company is encountering bitter opposition for its Uberpop service, which is illegal under French laws that strongly regulate its labor markets. The Uberpop service allows drivers to sign up for the service without a professional chauffeur license, which can cost as much as $270,000 in France. Uber had faced similar protests in London, Madrid, and Milan last year for what some taxi drivers call ?economic terrorism?.
See "Clashes Erupt Across France as Taxi Drivers Protest Uber", Alissa J. Rubin, Mark Scott, The New York Times, June 25, 2015