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ANTUP will file a complaint with the Ministries of Internal Administration and Infrastructure. ANM-TVDE rejects the accusations and describes it as an awareness campaign.
ANTUP states that the TVDE association has begun sharing content that uses images of extreme violence to demonise taxi sector professionals.
The Portuguese Taxi Federation and ANTRAL are requesting an urgent meeting with the Lisbon City Council to contest an agreement signed by Uber and Bolt. They argue that the creation of “specific zones” amounts to the “decharacterisation of TVDE” (private hire vehicle services).
The taxi driver who fatally ran over a young university student who was crossing a pedestrian crossing in Lisbon in 2024 was sentenced to 14 years and nine months' imprisonment.
