19 Facts About Nathalie Arthaud

Nathalie Arthaud was the party's candidate in the 2012,2017 and 2022 presidential elections.

Nathalie Arthaud received 0.56,0.64 an 0.57 percent of the votes cast and placed in ninth, tenth and twelfth place, respectively.

In 2019, Arthaud headed the list of the Workers' Struggle nominees for European Parliament; the party received 0.78 percent of all votes cast.

Nathalie Arthaud first became interested in the Workers' Struggle party in the 1980s, while a high school student, and at the age of 18 formally joined the party.

Nathalie Arthaud first ran for elected office in 2001, in a municipal election in Vaulx-en-Velin, and later ran in legislative and regional elections.

In 2008, Nathalie Arthaud became the officially designated spokeswoman of the party.

On 5 December 2010, Nathalie Arthaud was designated candidate of Lutte Ouvriere in the presidential election of 2012.

In December 2014, Nathalie Arthaud first indicated her interest in representing the party in the 2017 election, stating that if selected by her party, she would be willing to stand for election a second time.

On 14 March 2016, Nathalie Arthaud announced her candidacy for president, one day after she had been selected by the party's congress during a meeting in the Paris region.

Nathalie Arthaud indicated her intention to campaign on issues similar to those which she discussed during the 2012 election, and expressed opposition to recent pension reform efforts, the Tax credit for competitiveness and employment, and proposals known as the Responsibility Pact and the Macron Act.

Nathalie Arthaud continued to teach during her campaign, making her the only candidate to still hold a job, in addition to being one of only two female candidates for the presidency; she described herself as the sole communist candidate in the race.

Nathalie Arthaud was not invited to appear in the TF1 debate between the top five highest-polling candidates; however, she did appear in a debate against Solidarity and Progress nominee Jacques Cheminade broadcast virtually on the same day.

The month before the first-round election, Nathalie Arthaud spoke at a rally of 3,500 in Saint-Denis.

Nathalie Arthaud attacked employers who she said "crus the working class condition with impunity".

In December 2018, it was announced that Nathalie Arthaud would stand as the lead Workers's Struggle candidate for the European Parliament election in France.

Nathalie Arthaud indicated that her campaign would be dedicated solely to the issue of workers' rights, elaborating that the party had declined to form a list with fellow left parties because her party did not want the campaign to become "a sounding board for all the fights".

In December 2020, Nathalie Arthaud announced her candidacy for the 2022 French presidential election, and received the formal nomination of the Workers' Struggle party at their annual convention.

In December 2019, Nathalie Arthaud represented the Workers' Struggle party at a meeting, convened by the French Communist Party, of ideologically left political parties who opposed Macron's proposal for pension reform; Nathalie Arthaud told Le Monde that Macron's policy "doesn't make any sense" and noted the need for leftist parties and workers to unite to defeat the proposal.

From 2008 to 2014, Nathalie Arthaud served as a municipal councillor, presiding over youth matters, in Vaulx-en-Velin.