Italy: nationwide taxi strike on Tuesday 15 December 2026 (08:00–22:00, all taxi associations)

Italy's taxi drivers' unions and trade associations — about twenty of them, including Uritaxi, Federtaxi CISAL, Unimpresa, Claai, Consultaxi, UGL Taxi, USB Taxi, Filt CGIL Taxi and Uiltrasporti — have called a nationwide taxi strike on Tuesday 15 December 2026. The call, agreed at a meeting in Florence and announced on 27 October, was entered in the transport ministry's strike register on 2 November for 14 hours, from 08:00 to 22:00; a national demonstration is planned in Rome.

What to expect: taxis will be scarce or unavailable in most Italian cities between 08:00 and 22:00, including at airports and railway stations; the legally required minimum services (for example for people with reduced mobility and emergencies) are set locally and published by each city's taxi associations before the day. Buses, metros, trains and ride-hailing with licensed hire cars are not part of the strike. Before the strike the associations plan demonstrations in Milan on 11 November, Naples on 17 November and Florence on 25 November, which may disrupt traffic locally.

Why: the associations want urgent financial support for taxi drivers, who provide a public service at regulated fares, against the rise in fuel prices; they accuse the government of inaction and the ride-hailing platforms and hire-car (NCC) operators of unfair competition.