Taxi owners in Greece are set to stage a 48-hour strike on Tuesday, 3 February, and Wednesday, 4 February, the president of the Attica Taxi Drivers’ Union (SATA), Thymios Lyberopoulos, has announced.

Drivers are expected to assemble at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday outside the union’s headquarters before marching to the Maximos Mansion, the official office of the Prime Minister. The mobilization is intended to protest what the union describes as an increasingly hostile approach by the government toward the taxi sector.

In a statement, the union says that the government is invoking the transition to electric mobility to introduce sweeping changes to the minimum rental terms for chauffeur-driven private vehicles, cutting the minimum charge from 90 euros to 50 euros.

It adds that the framework which has until now drawn a clear line between such services and traditional taxis—through minimum rental periods and minimum fares—is due to be dismantled from 1 January 2027.

The union maintains that the legislation, signed by Deputy Minister Konstantinos Kyranakis, risks severely undermining the profession and leaving licensed taxi drivers vulnerable to the influence of private business interests.