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A look at challenges Uber has faced around the world

A Paris cab with posters reading " Uber get out", (Uber dégage), parks during a blockade by taxi drivers in Paris, Thursday, June 25, 2015 in Paris. French taxis are on strike around the country, snarling traffic in major cities and slowing access to Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport after weeks of rising and sometimes violent tensions over Uber. (AP Photo/Bertrand Combaldieu) A Paris cab with posters reading " Uber get out", (Uber dégage), parks during a blockade by taxi drivers in Paris, Thursday, June 25, 2015 in Paris. French taxis are on strike around the country, snarling traffic in major cities and slowing access to Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport after weeks of rising and sometimes violent tensions over Uber. (AP Photo/Bertrand Combaldieu)

By Associated Press June 25, 2015 4 min read

PARIS (AP) – Taxi drivers in France went on strike Thursday, smashing car windows, setting tires on fire and blocking traffic to express their displeasure with American ride-hailing service Uber. Despite an October law forbidding the company’s low-cost UberPop service, its drivers continue to provide rides in France.

The taxi drivers say Uber is unfairly undercutting them, while the company says it is just a symptom of a badly organized market. But nothing is black and white. France’s Court of Cassation has called for a constitutional review of language in the law, and Uber France’s chief Thibaud Simphal says the company is contesting judicial rulings around France and winning.

Here’s a look at some other issues Uber has faced around the world:

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