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'People use Uber because it is is cheaper. It's the only reason', said taxi driver Rachid (Photo: Peter Teffer)

Taxi drivers snarl up Brussels in anti-Uber protest

A tense scene took place in the Rue Belliard in Brussels' European Union neighbourhood on Wednesday morning (16 September).

A pedestrian in an orange-striped shirt held up his middle finger in the direction of two taxis, parked in the middle of the unusually empty street.

The man, walking from a safe distance of around twenty metres, shouted at the two taxi drivers. He was apparently not impressed by their demonstration against what taxi drivers see as unfair competition by Americ...

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