These are large sedans that threaten to block the road to overpowered single-seaters. Nice taxis have filed a strike notice for the weekend of May 26-29, when the famous Monaco Formula 1 Grand Prix traditionally takes place. The reason ? A conflict between taximeter drivers and the Principality of Monaco over a tax paid by the French since the Covid crisis in 2020 which they consider unfair.

To work on the Rock, these carriers are indeed obliged to buy a vignette from the Monegasque government, which has issued far fewer since the start of the health crisis, according to France Bleu. For taxis in Nice, this is a form of discrimination since their counterparts in the principality have no sticker to buy to work on the French side.

Without any joy of heart, we must therefore file a notice of demonstration tomorrow with @prefet06 … so it will be a year without Monaco GP