France in meltdown as taxi drivers violently protest UberTAXI protests against Uber have turned violent in France as demonstrators smashed up Courtney Love's cab and held "her driver hostage'"in frightening scenes.
The country appears to be in meltdown after days of violence and dangerous scenes across the nation.
Chaos in Calais, which saw tyres set alight in road and rail blocks by the port, has been followed by pandemonium in the capital with the taxi strikes.
The violent scenes have been likened by Ms Love to Baghdad.
The rocker erupted into rage at the French government and demanded to know why there were not enough police to protect the nation - in a similar situation to Calais.
She tweeted: "François Hollande where are the f****** police??? Is it legal for your people to attack visitors? Get your a** to the airport. Wtf???"
Ms Love, the widow of tragic Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, described how she was faced with metal bars.
"François Hollande where are the f****** police??? Is it legal for your people to attack visitors?" Courtney Love
Paris taxi drivers are striking over the Uber mobile phone app which gives users the chance to access cut price cab drivers in their area.
In Britain the app has also caused London taxi drivers to fear for their future sparking outrage within the industry.
Uber drivers' cars were flipped over by some violent cabbie mobs, who also blocked roads around Paris.
She said: "How on earth are these people allowed to do this? The first car was destroyed, all tyres slashed and beat with bats.
"These guys trying to open the doors and the cops are doing nothing?? French Taliban? Civil reform needed in France?? I want to go home.
"They've ambushed our car and are holding our driver hostage. They're beating the cars with metal bats. This is France?? I'm safer in Baghdad."
Ms Love, the former frontwoman of Nineties rock band Hole, was leaving Charles de Gaulle airport this morning when she was confronted by the gang.
She later posted a video on Instagram showing several intimidating men surrounding her vehicle at a petrol station.
Now safe, she said: "Paid some guys on motorcycles to sneak us out, got chased by a mob of taxi drivers who threw rocks, passed two police and they did nothing."
The riots saw France's interior minister call for a nationwide legal clampdown on Uber.
Taxi drivers claim Uber, which has one million users in France, is unfair competition.
Burning tyres blocked the ring road around Paris, Marseilles and Aix-en-Provence in southeast France, including at motorway exits, and blocked access to train stations in the two cities.
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