Taxi drivers to continue demonstration until agreement on passenger transport rules

Budapest, January 20 (MTI) – Budapest’s taxi drivers are open to holding talks with the municipality and the government on their demands but will continue their demonstration until the sides reach an agreement on new passenger transport rules that will apply equally to every player in the sector, an organiser of the demonstration said on Wednesday.

The drivers started to demonstrate on Monday morning, urging government action against car dispatcher Uber.

Zsolt Gelencser told a press conference that taxi drivers want the government to convene talks with the parties involved by Friday at the latest, with an agreement being reached by the end of next week. Gelencser said that if this demand is not met, taxi drivers will begin demonstrating throughout the country.

Gelencser said the drivers had asked Peter Juhasz, deputy leader of the opposition Egyutt party, to get Hungary’s political parties involved in the debate so that their cause can gain more support. He said taxi drivers want fairer competition in the passenger transport sector.