The Crete taxi drivers’ union said tourists insulted them as professionals as well as for being Greek

A German tourist refused to pay her taxi fare in Crete, arguing that the billions handed over by Berlin to keep the economy afloat should cover the cost.

It happened at the tourist destination Chania and has stoked nationalist sentiment and anti-German feelings. “Unfortunately, such incidents are recurring,” said the Crete taxi drivers’ union. “Not only do they insult us as Greeks, but more so as professionals.”

The unnamed tourist was ordered out of a taxi when she complained about the fare to nearby Platanias. “Greece already owes us a lot of money and you should be taking Germans to their destinations free of charge,” she is said to have told the driver when asked for €16.

Enraged by her response, he ordered her out