Today Ncc again in the streets against the Salvini reform. Stop also to Uber services

The mobilisation of companies and Chauffeur-driver hire operators opposed to the anti-abusive sector reform by Salvini continues. Today, Thursday 12 December, black car drivers from all over Italy will be on the streets in all the main cities to demonstrate against the implementation decrees of the reform: in the crosshairs, in particular, Ministerial Decree 226/2004, from last October, which introduced the Electronic Service Sheet. After the publication of a technical circular at the beginning of December, the new regulations will come into force at the beginning of January, with several innovations harshly opposed by the Ncc, including the forced 20-minute stop between services, and the obligation to communicate data on clients and routes to MIT.

Decree postponement and organic reform of the sector

The main rallying point of the protest organised by MuoverSì, one of the most representative unions of the black cars, between 2 and 6 p.m., will be in Piazza Capranica in Rome, therefore close to the political palaces, in the hope of obtaining a face-to-face meeting with the premier Giorgia Meloni. A meeting that, in the intentions of the organisers, should lead if not to a step backwards on the implementing decrees of the Ncc reform (on the Service Sheet and the National Register of Taxi and Ncc licence holders), at least to 2026: a one-year postponement would in fact make it possible to tackle the workload expected for the Jubilee still with the 'old' rules on Ncc services, and to put an organic reform of the sector in the pipeline. Alternatively, but with the same objective, the Nccs are aiming to be received by the deputy prime minister and leader of Forza Italia, Antonio Tajani, in order to leverage the critical voices that have been raised in recent weeks by various Azzurri exponents, who accuse the Salvini reform of actually restricting the transport market, damaging citizens and operators in the sector.

"The protest of chauffeur-driven hire companies," explains Andrea Romano, leader of MuoverSì, "will ask the government to stop measures that have skipped Parliament and inflict medieval punishments on companies and operators that respect all the rules and pay taxes regularly. On the eve of the Jubilee and the other major events of 2025, with cities already blocked by a dramatic shortage of non-scheduled public transport, Salvini has decided to make the situation even worse.He imposes on the Ncc a minimum waiting time of 20 minutes (a demented obstacle, absent from any other European country), he inaugurates the state dossier by forcing Ncc users to communicate the route and times of the service, he hits tourism by prohibiting the intermediation of tourist agencies and hotels. A real bureaucratic cage - for citizens, businesses and operators - that the government should stop and open instead to a legislative reform that archives the 1992 law and also adapts Italy to a world of transport that has completely changed since 33 years ago'. In addition to the demonstration in Rome, Ncc rallies are also scheduled between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. in 11 other cities, including Milan, Turin, Bologna, Florence, Rome, Venice, Trieste, Cagliari, Catanzaro and Palermo.

Among those unhappy with the new legislation is Uber, which calls it a 'queue-stretcher', because it would lengthen the average waiting time for customers to use an Uber ride and favour taxis, which would be facilitated because they are not required to take compulsory breaks. The convergence on the themes of the anti-Salvini protest is confirmed by Uber's announced support for the Ncc demonstrations. To coincide with the demonstrations, 'our Black, Reserve, Van, Lux and Green services will be temporarily suspended in solidarity with the thousands of Ncc operators who are fighting for their survival. The decree will not only have negative repercussions on the jobs of the category, but will in fact further undermine transport in our cities. We believe that this decree is unconstitutional and we will contest it in the appropriate fora,' stresses Lorenzo Pireddu, General Manager of Uber Italia.