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VSPV honors Tino Schopf: Certificate of appreciation for a steadfast advocate of the taxi and car rental industry.
Sometimes political honors are more than a formal act. When representatives of the Association of Private Commercial Road Passenger Transport in North Rhine-Westphalia (VSPV) visited the Berlin SPD transport politician Tino Schopf in the Abgeordnetenhaus, it was above all about one thing: to say thank you. VSPV Managing Director Sascha Waltemate and Patrick Meinhardt, the general authorized signatory and head of the association's Berlin office, presented Schopf with a certificate of thanks. The occasion comes at a time when the long-serving member of parliament will end his parliamentary activity. Despite a strong result in his constituency Prenzlauer Berg North/Weißensee, Schopf could not defend the direct mandate and will leave the Berlin House of Representatives at the end of October.
With the certificate, the VSPV particularly honors Schopf's commitment to fair competition in the taxi and rental-car industry. The association expresses to him "heartfelt respect, high regard, and recognition for his tireless work for the principles of the honorable businessman in the taxi and rental-car industry, for genuine and fair competition, and for his clear stance against illegality, undeclared work, and social fraud." For Waltemate and Meinhardt, it is clear what significance Schopf has for the industry.
„Tino Schopf is a fixed figure, yes a brand in the taxi and rental-car industry!“, explain the two association representatives.
The VSPV's justification goes far beyond Berlin state politics. In the certificate it states:
„Not only in Berlin does the name Tino Schopf stand for clear rule-of-law principles, for an unwavering compass to enable nationwide, comprehensive transport policy, and for unambiguous and ongoing transparency, but more, Tino Schopf has made a name for himself nationwide as a pioneer for the taxi as part of public transport, for a tariff corridor and for minimum tariffs.“
Honor for taxi campaigner Tino Schopf
Indeed, Schopf has repeatedly positioned himself in recent years as a critical observer of the passenger transport market. In particular on questions concerning compliance with legal requirements, handling of platform providers, and the fight against undeclared work and illegal business models, he regularly sought public debate. That his departure from Parliament at the VSPV is viewed with concern, the association makes clear in the certificate.
„With great regret and with even greater consternation, we as the VSPV had to acknowledge that Tino Schopf was narrowly not re-elected in his constituency. All the more important is it that he must remain in mobility policy in Berlin’s Senate level in another form.“
Weiter heißt es:
„Tino Schopf is a defining personality who wants to advance intelligent and forward-looking transport policy with a lot of commitment, a lot of passion and a lot of enthusiasm and will continue to do so.“
Waltemate and Meinhardt also speak plainly in person.
“Tino Schopf is a heartfelt friend of the taxi and rental-car industry and an anchor for genuine mobility justice. We, as the Mobility Association VSPV, want to express this with this certificate of appreciation.”
The honoree himself was moved by the award and announced that he would not sever his ties to the industry.
“I will continue to be present in my constituency, even without a mandate, with the associations and organizations, with the people, and I would also very gladly continue to be a contact person for the taxi and rental-car industry. I sincerely thank the VSPV for this certificate and for our good and trusting cooperation – in the past and surely also in the future.”
Whether in the future with or without a political mandate: For many actors in the taxi and rental-car industry, Tino Schopf remains a voice that has significantly shaped the debates about fair market conditions and reliable rules in passenger transport in recent years.
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