Arlette Laguiller (born March 18, 1940) is the spokeswoman and by far the best known leader of the Lutte Ouvrière French Trotskyist political party. Jump to: navigation, search March 18 is the 77th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (78th in leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... A spokesperson (person could be replaced with the gender of the person), or spokesmodel is a person who speaks on behalf of others, but is understood not to be necessarily part of the others (e. ... Workers Struggle (Lutte Ouvrière) is the usual name under which the Communist Union (Trotskyist) (Union Communiste (Trotskyste)), a French Trotskyist political party, is known (technically, it is the name of the weekly paper edited by the party). ... Trotskyism is the theory of Marxism as advocated by Leon Trotsky. ... Jump to: navigation, search A political party is a political organization that subscribes to a certain ideology and seeks to attain political power within a government. ...

She was born at Les Lilas, Seine-Saint-Denis, France. Seine-Saint-Denis is a French département located in the Île-de-France région. ...

After being a candidate in 1974, 1981, 1988, 1995 and the 2002 French presidential election with unswerving allegiance to the cause of the Communist revolution, and most times the only female candidate, she enjoys a popularity among the French electorate far out of proportion to that of her political ideas or her party. Jump to: navigation, search 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1981 (MCMLXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Second Round First Round See also: President of France, France, Politics of France Categories: Elections in France | 1995 elections ... (Redirected from 2002 French presidential election) This article needs cleanup. ... A communist revolution is a proletarian revolution inspired by the ideas of Marxism that aims to replace capitalism with communism, often with socialism (state control of the means of production) as an intermediate stage. ... In politics, an electorate is the group of entities entitled to vote in an election. ...

Les guignols de l'info caricature her as always saying Travailleurs! Travailleuses! On vous ment! On vous spolie! ("Male workers! Female workers! You are lied to! You are spoliated!"). Laguiller starts most of her speeches with Travailleuses! Travailleurs!!. PPD (modeled on Patrick Poivre dArvor) is the resident news anchor of the guignols. ...

Her group an the European Parliament was decisive in voting against a Tobin-like tax, on the ground that "Capitalism must be ended, not improved" -- an interesting example of objective alliance with right-wing parties. Jump to: navigation, search The European Parliament is the parliamentary body of the European Union (EU), directly elected by EU citizens once every five years. ... A Tobin tax is the suggested tax on all trade of currency across borders. ...