
据安莎通讯社报道,意大利出租车及私人租车司机周一在罗马交通部外举行抗议,抗议燃油价格飙升,并警告称示威活动可能升级为罢工。
Italian taxi and private hire drivers staged a protest outside the Transport Ministry in Rome on Monday over soaring fuel prices, warning that demonstrations could escalate into a strike, according to ANSA news agency.
出租车协会“伊特出租”“乌里出租”和“尤尼科普”联合“尤尼特拉夫”的私人租车运营商组织了此次示威活动。截至目前,尚无服务中断的报告,而其他工会计划周二在佛罗伦萨举行大规模集会。
Taxi associations It Taxi, Uritaxi and Unicoop, joined by private hire operators from Unitrav, organized the demonstration, with no service disruptions reported so far, while other unions planned a major gathering in Florence on Tuesday.
抗议者要求加大税收减免力度,包括恢复已被逐步削减的税收抵免。
The protesters are demanding greater tax relief, including the restoration of tax credits that have progressively been reduced.
费德出租车奇萨尔联合会的卡洛·迪亚历山德罗表示,自危机开始以来,运营成本已上涨25%至30%,并强调罢工仍在考虑选项之列。
Carlo di Alessandro of Federtaxi Cisal said operating costs had increased by 25% to 30% since the crisis began, stressing that a strike remained among the options under consideration.
意大利交通部长马泰奥·萨尔维尼和副部长爱德华多·里西定于周二会晤公路货运行业代表,讨论结构性挑战。此前,政府上周已拨款1.05亿欧元(合逾1.27亿美元)作为紧急支持。
Transport Minister Matteo Salvini and Deputy Minister Edoardo Rixi are scheduled to meet representatives of the road freight sector Tuesday to discuss structural challenges following the government's allocation of €105 million (more than $127 million) in emergency support last week.
意大利还与捷克共和国、罗马尼亚和斯洛伐克一道,寻求欧盟批准延长临时农业援助,以覆盖农民不断上涨的燃油成本。该提案预计将在周二举行的欧盟农业和渔业理事会会议上提交。
Italy has also joined the Czech Republic, Romania and Slovakia in seeking European Union approval to extend temporary agricultural assistance to cover rising fuel costs for farmers. The proposal is expected to be presented at Tuesday's EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting.