Pires de Lima said the táxi divers’ had spoken to the economy and justice ministries, so they could “sit down with the regulators and Uber to see how the different services could be regulated in the future”.


Lisbon taxis are going to protest again today against companies that use Uber, following a week of ‘spontaneous’ actions to remind the minister of its ‘obligations’ that drivers need to be licensed.


On 8 September over 3,500 taxi drivers from Lisbon, Porto and faro protested against the Uber app which they say is illegal, despite being highly popular especially with tourists arriving at the country’s main airports.