Faced with the mobilization, the Minister of Transport announces an additional control of VTC – Liberation
The government seeks to unclog anger. At the edge of their fifth day of mobilizationagainst the backdrop of contesting the new pricing of the transport of patients, the Minister of Transport, Philippe Tabarot, tried to extinguish the fire this Friday, May 23 on BFM TV. « You need a call to calm »launched the former Senator LR, who invited all the actors of the file to a meeting in his ministry on Saturday, in the presence of François Bayrou. Other ministers, including his health and labor colleagues, will they be around the table? « I invited them all », replied the minister, who still considers that « This service is essential but (…) must be financially sustainable ». « We are not going to backtrack », A, for his part, said government spokesperson Sophie Primas on BFM TV-RMC.
If he has not announced any modification of the project, the reform not depending on his ministry, Philippe Tabarot, however, promised the implementation of « VTC activity controls »another subject of claim of taxis, to whom he also conceded a more decided struggle against « Illegal VTC stations » And « Against taxis that practice the profession and which have no license ». The Minister took the opportunity to announce that he had summoned, with the Minister of Labor, Astrid Panosyan-Bouvet, VTC platforms :: « We may see or not whether they do not respect social law. »
For its part, the Ministry of the Interior asked the police to strengthen vehicle controls with driver (VTC). In a telegram sent Thursday to the prefects, and consulted by ReleaseBruno Retailleau highlights « Recurring incidents » of the last months which « Demonstrate the tension between taxis and VTC drivers ».
He asks that the police use three new delicual flat -rate fines (AFD) in experimentation since April in twelve courts, including Rennes, Marseille, Nice, Lyon, Paris, and Lille. Legally, these fines can only be drawn up in the cities of the twelve experimental courts. The minister wants the police to target the « Large sensitive manifestations, such as the United Nations Conference on the Ocean », which takes place in June in Nice.
The day before, the announcement of the organization of a meeting at the Ministry of Transport had been a first sign of the government’s opening. « I think they found the determination of taxis »,, estimated on franceinfo Rachid Boudjema, The President of the National Union of Taxis together. But it will take more than a meeting to convince the profession. While the transport of patients represents 50 % of the turnover of the 40,000 taxis approved by health insurance, which can even rise up to 80 %, health insurance tries to control its expenses of health transport, which amounts to 6.74 billion euros in 2024 including more than 3 billion just for approved taxis.
« We develop the pricing model so it generates concerns, it’s normal »underlined with Parisian Friday, May 22, the director general of health insurance Thomas Fatôme, who ensures that the reform will be profitable for a « Very majority » of these professionals. « Today, the care package is different from one department to another and in some, there are not even, he added. Tomorrow, it will be brought to 13 euros everywhere and even to 28 euros in major cities to take into account the waste of time in traffic jams. ” The reform also includes the end of the reimbursements of taxi vacuum feedback. « The vast majority of taxis will be winning with this new model, because it relies on a logic to transport more patients »however, says Thomas Fatôme, who certifies that it will decrease the number of vacuum feedback and increase the number of shared journeys.
Update At 4:35 p.m. with the requests of Bruno Retailleau.
