Uber and Bolt–formerly Taxify–have issued a joint statement urging the government not to ban the service outright but to adopt a regulatory framework for mobility service providers similar to those in place in other EU countries and cities. The model adopted by Estonia has been highlighted by Bolt as a best practice example to follow.
On Wednesday, Dominick Moxon-Tritsch, Director of Regulation and Public Policy at Bolt, was due to fly to Cluj-Napoca to accept an EU start-up innovation prize from the Romanian Minister for the Digital Economy, Alexandru Petrescu. Romania currently holds the Presidency of the Council of the EU.
Moxon-Tritsch added that although there is “very real buy in” from the Romanian minister, the government is facing pressure from the taxi industry.“We are slightly in the absurd position of accepting a prize for a start-up innovation in a country in which we may well be unable to operate in next week,” he told delegates during the MaaS Market conference held in London on March 20th.
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