Live Demonstration on 7/11/24 against the taxation of horse racing betting

9h30: The writing of ParisTurf brings you to life the #HalteALaTaxe demonstration this Thursday, November 7, 2024 with eight journalists from the editorial team at the heart of the system. This morning, from 2 a.m. in the South-West, five buses headed for the capital to reach Place Denfert Rochereau, the starting point of the demonstration.

9h35: Having left on the mini bus from Villeneuve-sur-Lot, at 3:45 a.m., our regional correspondent Anaïs Bossard is part of the trip with, in particular, Gentiane Héritier and Dimitri Crespel. On his X account (ex-Twitter), Pascal Launey, who manages AFASEC in Graignes, publishes a photo of teenagers on their way to Paris to demonstrate.

10:00 a.m.: Many general media cover the demonstration against the taxation of horse racing betting, starting with the public service media. Jean-Mathieu Pernin, in Télématin on France 2, or even Florence Paracuellos in her 8 a.m. news returned to this exceptional movement with a report in Paris-Vincennes and the interventions of Lakhdar Daby Terbèche and Pierre Vercruysse (from 11:00 )

10h30 : If the election of Donal Trump, 47th President of the United States, and the hearing of Bruno Le Marie, former Minister of the Economy, before the Senate Finance Committee are the big news for BFM TV, the demonstration # HalteALaTaxe is also covered in the report below, with the intervention of Gabriel Leenders.

10h35 : Our colleague Laurent Bruneteau, journalist at Equidia, sends a message to all racing lovers and invites them to join them at 12:45 p.m., Place Denfert Rochereau.

11:00 a.m.: It is also about the demonstration against the taxation of horse racing betting in the Grandes Gueules on RMC with the testimony of a breeder (Xavier).

11:15 a.m.: Challenges returns to the issues at stake in the demonstration against the taxation of horse racing betting in a video clip published this morning on X at 9 a.m. In the same vein, an article from the Huffington Post to read here with the interventions of Géraldine Bannier, MP for Mayenne, and Thibault Lamare.

11:30 a.m.: Iconic figure and key character of this demonstration, Lakhdar “Dany” Terbèche regains his strength over a coffee while the first buses have already arrived at Place Denfert Rochereau.

11:35 a.m.: As a reminder, ParisTurf devotes its front page to the November 7 demonstration against the taxation of horse racing betting. Consult all our articles on the subject for free in our “Major files” here.

11h45 : More and more buses are heading to Place Denfert Rochereau, from where the procession of the demonstration against the taxation of horse racing betting will leave. Just now, buses have just arrived with several professionals from Domaine de Grosbois.

12h05 : The Chantilly teams are also there while the five buses from the South-West have arrived safely.

12h10 : Unlike March 2017 during the Young Professionals for the Fillière Horse (JPFC) event, media coverage promises to be much broader with the cameras of France 3, M6 and even LCI.

12h35 : The demonstrators gather and unfurl their “Stop the tax” banners. The procession slowly grows while our teams carry out microphone interviews with different horse racing players. In 2017, during the JPFC demonstration, 5,000 people mobilized.

12h45 : Coach Gilles Curens came from Grosbois with 120 socio-professionals to mark the occasion. Despite the withdrawal of the most dangerous amendments before the National Assembly, the social security financing bill (PLFSS) remains at the mercy of article 49.3.

1:05 p.m.: English coach Noel George is one of the demonstrators and he expresses, at the microphone of Mario Putrino, why it is fundamental to come and beat the streets this Thursday, November 7 against the taxation of horse racing betting.

1:10 p.m.: Our teams are as close as possible to the actors and take you through the final preparations for the demonstration against the taxation of horse racing betting. Follow us on our X account (Twitter) ParisTurf.

13h30 : Already present in 2017 during the JPFC event, the famous equestrian stuntman Mario Luraschi once again delegates his horses who will parade at the head of the procession, a highly symbolic approach for Thibault Lamarre as he explains to Sylvain Copier.