Taxi drivers blockaded one of Madrid’s best known squares – Plaza del Sol – as their open-ended strike against ride-sharing apps entered its eighth day on Monday.
Cabbies have been staging a number of protests across the city, bringing traffic to a standstill. Hundreds of taxi drivers from other parts of Spain have been pouring into Madrid to support their colleagues.
They are demanding the municipal government regulate VTC [vehicle for hire] licenses, which companies like Uber and Cabify use to operate.