Solène Leroux 9:00 a.m., April 8, 2022

A hundred VTC drivers mobilized on Thursday at Place d'Italie in Paris.

Objective: to challenge the government on their working conditions and the regulation of the profession, while the profession is becoming more and more precarious, in particular due to the rise in fuel prices.

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A hundred drivers joined Thursday Place d'Italie in Paris.

Objective: to give voice, to challenge the government on their working conditions, a few days before the presidential election.

“We pay, we pay, we pay, but in the end we have no right behind”, explains Brahim Ben Ali, secretary general of the National Intersyndicale des VTC (INVTC), megaphone in hand.

"Today, we are between a rock and a hard place, stuck between a government that does not want to position itself too much, and decide whether we are really self-employed or employees, or on the other side, digital platforms who keep lowering prices", continues the 38-year-old VTC.

A situation that is all the more painful for drivers as the rise in fuel prices eats into their income a little more.

At 47, Kamel has been a VTC for six years.

Before, his full cost him 70 euros, it has now gone to 140, while it only lasts him three days.

"Under these conditions, there's no point in working," he asserts at the microphone of Europe 1. "We expect the state to do something for us, to issue us diesel, like taxis."

Drivers at the Restos du Cœur

According to Denis, busy making traffic around the roundabout, this aid for gasoline was granted to "all the other carriers": "An envelope of 400,000 euros was generated for taxis, ambulance attendants and road carriers But we were excluded from the device."

At 50, he has been a VTC for six years.

Until recently, he was not in dispute, but the fed up took over.

“We ask that the platforms be regulated, because they are the ones who decide on our pricing,” he continues.

"We are false independents, we are taken by the throat."

Another demand, the VTC "ask that the profession be really regulated, that is to say that we impose a numerus clausus like taxi drivers, like ambulances", says Denis.

A request to fight against the precariousness of drivers.

The INVTC has learned that some drivers are now forced to go to Restos du Coeur, for lack of income.