OR Attica will be left without taxi on Tuesday (9/9) and Wednesday (10/9), due to 48 -hour strike announced by professional motorists.

The president of the Attica Taxi Trade Union, Thymios Lymberopouloscharacterized the mobilization ‘warning strike»Speaking to Parapolitika Radio Station. As he said, a meeting will be held after the two -day meeting to make decisions on further stance of the industry. “If the JMD does not retire, we will go to a lasting strike. If we do not succeed in getting the JMD back then the industry cannot survive“, He stressed.

The JMD has sparked strong reactions to taxi drivers, who argue that it allows van to undertake transport projects that are currently covering taxis. Mr Lymberopoulos accused the government of attempting to “dismantle taxis”, arguing that “Since 2018, Mr Mitsotakis and ND executives had been in favor of the extinction of the industry“

“They did not support Law 4530 that set a series and was an example to imitate. Today they took out a JMD instead of saying publicly that they want to break up taxis by changing the law“, He said.

At the same time, he spoke of a “violation of the Constitution”, complaining that the Ministry has not established a register or have set the number of van they are allowed to operate. “The application that was required to work does not work, so only 10% indicate transfers“, He added.

He also referred to incomplete tax audits, saying that “Companies erase itineraries or not controlled at all” As he underlined, through tourism, it evolves a “loot” which removes significant taxi transport from taxis, producing “many billions a year”.