Motorways A13, A15, Paris ring road, Rennes ring road, Toulouse-Blagnac airport, Bordeaux airport… Taxis disrupted several important routes across France for the fifth time on Monday March 4 to ensure transport. Health insurance requires a renegotiation of patient transport.

The processions from Ile-de-France were due to converge on the Place du Trocadéro in Paris at the request of the FNAT (National Federation of Taxi Tradesmen) and the FNDT (National Taxi Federation), two of the most important professional associations. There were traffic disruptions, particularly in the greater Paris area, with the traffic jam peaking at 430 kilometers shortly before 9 a.m. According to Emmanuelle Cordier, president of the FNAT, about four hundred taxis took part in the action.

The national movement, organized at the call of the FNDT and FNAT, aims to review the patient transport agreement negotiated with the health insurance company. “Confronted with new, unsustainable prices (…)Taxis are mobilizing for the survival of the medical taxi, to continue to guarantee a quality service to the French people who need it.”the two organizations wrote in one communicated. The demonstrators also denounce this “unfair competition” VTCs and non-compliance with the Grandguillaume law, which, among other things, prohibits electronic looting and requires VTCs to return to the garage after each race.

The movement was renewed on Tuesday

“The first reason is the new pricing protocols that the National Health Insurance made us sign last January.” said on Monday Bernard Crebassa, president of the FNAT South Radio. “ Today we are working on the 2018 prices. Before medical transport becomes essential for taxis, it is intended for the entire population in France. It is a transport service that allows anyone to receive treatment. » Bernard Crebassa also stated that the organizations had not yet met the Minister of Health and expressed concern: “We worry when we hear Bruno Le Maire say that he doesn’t care about the grumbling of taxis! ».

In Occitania medical transport “accounts for 40 to 100% of activity.” Ambulance transport has a very strong impact on our economy because we are heavily dependent on it.”Stéphane Abeilhou, spokesman for the Haute-Garonne National Taxi Union, told Agence France-Presse.

The request from taxi companies to be received in Matignon remains unanswered for the time being. They plan to resume the movement on Tuesday if they fail to reach a meeting with the executive branch.