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Europe’s taxi drivers against tech apps
Hundreds of taxi drivers took part in protests in cities across Europe against new apps like Wundercar and Uber that they claim are undermining their livelihood and creating unfair competition.
Taxi drivers gather next to the Olympia Stadium to protest ride-sharing apps on June 11, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. Hundreds of taxi drivers arrived to demonstrate in a protest that coincided with similar protests in cities across Europe against new apps like Wundercar and Uber that the taxi drivers claim are undermining their livelihood and creating unfair competition. (Getty Images)
Taxi drivers gather at Tegel Airport before many of them joined a protest through the city on June 11, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. Approximately 1,000 taxis had registered to participate in a protest that coincided with similar protests in cities across Europe against new apps like Wundercar and Uber that the taxi drivers claim are undermining their livelihood and creating unfair competition. (Getty Images)
Taxi drivers, including one demanding the prohibition of the Uber app service, gather next to the Olympia Stadium to protest ride-sharing apps on June 11, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. Hundreds of taxi drivers arrived to demonstrate in a protest that coincided with similar protests in cities across Europe against new apps like Wundercar and Uber that the taxi drivers claim are undermining their livelihood and creating unfair competition. (Getty Images)
Taxi drivers gather next to the Olympia Stadium to protest ride-sharing apps on June 11, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. Hundreds of taxi drivers arrived to demonstrate in a protest that coincided with similar protests in cities across Europe against new apps like Wundercar and Uber that the taxi drivers claim are undermining their livelihood and creating unfair competition. (Getty Images)
Taxi drivers, including one with signs demanding the prohibition of the Uber app service, gather next to the Olympia Stadium to protest ride-sharing apps on June 11, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. Hundreds of taxi drivers arrived to demonstrate in a protest that coincided with similar protests in cities across Europe against new apps like Wundercar and Uber that the taxi drivers claim are undermining their livelihood and creating unfair competition. (Getty Images)
Supporters of online ride-sharing apps hold up signs demanding an end to the taxi monopoly at a demonstration by taxi drivers at Olympia Stadium to protest ride-sharing apps on June 11, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. Hundreds of taxi drivers arrived to demonstrate in a protest that coincided with similar protests in cities across Europe against new apps like Wundercar and Uber that the taxi drivers claim are undermining their livelihood and creating unfair competition. (Getty Images)
Taxi drivers gather at Tegel Airport to wait for customers before many of them joined a protest through the city on June 11, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. Approximately 1,000 taxis had registered to participate in a protest that coincided with similar protests in cities across Europe against new apps like Wundercar and Uber that the taxi drivers claim are undermining their livelihood and creating unfair competition. (Getty Images)
