Nathalie Arthaud

Nathalie Arthaud ( born February 23, 1970 in Peyrins, Drôme ) is since December 9, 2008 Speaker of the French Trotskyist Left Party Workers Struggle " struggle of the workers ".

Nathalie Arthaud was their party's candidate for the French 2012 presidential election.

Life

Since the Agrégation of Economics and Management, she works as a teacher at the Lycée " Le Corbusier " in Aubervilliers.

Political activity

Nathalie Arthaud took over the post as the spokesperson of the Workers Struggle after the French 2007 presidential election, after they had managed the presidential campaign of its predecessor Arlette Laguiller. During the press conference following the annual meeting of her party, on 8 December 2008, she stated:

"This is a forward-looking policy we accept fully, including male comrades. They are just as proud. I remind you: Arlette Laguiller was the first woman candidate for president; a sign that the Workers Struggle has always been a leader on this issue. "

As a new national voice of the Workers Struggle it was she who led the campaign for the European elections in June 2009 for her party. She led the list in the French South-East constituency, where she received 24,727 votes or 0.84% ​​of the vote. In regional elections in the Rhône-Alpes region in 2010 led to the list and received 1.42% of votes cast.

On December 5, 2010, she became the presidential candidate of the Lutte ouvrière for the 2012 election determined .. On 7 March 2012 her party submitted to the Constitutional Council a 521 signatures from mayors that are required for their admission as a candidate in the French presidential elections.

She is also a councilor for youth in Vaulx -en- Velin, where she took on a list under the leadership of the Parti Communiste français (PCF, German Communist Party ) for a citizens' initiative and the alternative list and was elected.