Lutte Ouvrière spokesperson Nathalie Arthaud proclaims her candidacy | EUROtoday

The spokesperson for the far-left Lutte Ouvrière (LO) social gathering, Nathalie Arthaud, introduced, Monday, December 8, her candidacy for the 2027 presidential election – her fourth since 2012 –, she who had gathered 0.56% of the votes forged in 2022.

“Workers’ Struggle will be present in the 2027 presidential election. During our congress [ce week-end], we voted that I will be a candidate for Lutte Ouvrière during this presidential election”introduced M^me Arthaud throughout a press convention in Paris, specifying that the Trotskyist formation would even be current within the municipal elections in 250 cities subsequent yr. For these elections, Nathalie Arthaud, a 55-year-old instructor, will herself characterize LO within the city of Pantin (Seine-Saint-Denis).

For the girl who changed Arlette Laguiller in December 2008 as spokesperson and face of Lutte Ouvrière, this would be the fourth candidacy for the Elysée in 2027, after 2012 (0.56% of votes forged), 2017 (0.64%) and 2022 (0.56%).

“We are the only ones to speak for the world of work”justified M^me Arthaud. In entrance of the press, whereas denouncing “the return of military service, just like the increase in the army budget”she warned in opposition to “social war, the war that big business and the government are waging against workers”.

The presence of the NPA compromised

“All political parties are masking this social war and creating a diversion (…). They bicker over who will manage the affairs of the bourgeoisie tomorrow.”insisted the spokesperson for LO, usually crucial of La France insoumise (LFI), which she considers too reformist. Workers’ wrestle, which “defends the idea of ​​a revolutionary overthrow of capitalist society by the proletariat”advocates particularly the ban on layoffs, the rise in wages and the expropriation of banks. The social gathering claims 8,000 members.

Teacher of economics-communication in Aubervilliers (Seine-Saint-Denis), M^me Arthaud has been an LO activist since she was 18, after sports activities research in Lyon, then a stint in hypokhâgne in an elegant highschool within the capital of Gaul.

For his first elections, M^me Arthaud, born on February 23, 1970 in Peyrins (Drôme) to a father who was a mechanic and a mom who was an accountant, obtained 0.84% ​​within the 2009 European elections, then 1.42% within the 2010 regional elections in Rhône-Alpes.

The presence within the presidential election of the opposite far-left social gathering historically represented at nationwide elections, the New Anticapitalist Party (NPA), has been compromised for the reason that latter was divided on the finish of 2022 between two events: the NPA-Revolutionaries and the NPA-Anticapitalist.