Sabine Hérold
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Liberalism
Liberalism is the belief in the importance of liberty and equal rights. Liberals espouse a wide array of views depending on their understanding of these principles, but generally, liberals support ideas such as constitutionalism, liberal democracy, free and fair elections, human rights,...
activist and main spokeswoman of Alternative libérale
Liberal Alternative
The Liberal Alternative is a French political party created on March 1, 2006. They advocate classical liberalism against socialism or conservatism...
, a French liberal/libertarian party.
Biography
Herold was born in Reims, France. Her parents are both teachers. She is an alumna in public administration from the Institut d'études politiques de ParisInstitut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris
The Institut d'études politiques de Paris , simply referred to as Sciences Po , is a public research and higher education institution in Paris, France, specialised in the social sciences. It has the status of grand établissement, which allows its admissions process to be highly selective...
and a master of business from HEC Paris.
Since 2002, she has been the editor and spokeswoman of Liberté chérie (Beloved Freedom), a French libertarian think tank. Sabine Herold became known in 2003 when she led an 80,000 member protest advocating reforms in France and demanding a responsible attitude from trade unions. Her stand against the unions led to her being described as the 'new Joan of Arc'.
She has often reflected upon the policy implemented by the British Prime Minister
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990...
and is commonly called "Mademoiselle Thatcher" by newspapers, a comparison that she considers to be a compliment.
She married fellow Alternative libérale
Liberal Alternative
The Liberal Alternative is a French political party created on March 1, 2006. They advocate classical liberalism against socialism or conservatism...
leader Édouard Fillias
Édouard Fillias
Édouard Fillias is a French classical-liberal activist of Spanish origin.Born in Paris, Île-de-France, France, Fillias was president of Liberal Alternative and that party's 2007 French Presidential candidate. On 13 March 2007 he withdrew and announced his support for François Bayrou...
in September 2006. She was a candidate for the 2007 parliamentary elections
French legislative election, 2007
The French legislative elections took place on 10 June and 17 June 2007 to elect the 13th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic, a few weeks after the French presidential election run-off on 6 May. 7,639 candidates stood for 577 seats, including France's overseas possessions...
in Paris against conservative Françoise de Panafieu
Françoise de Panafieu
Françoise de Panafieu is a French politician, member of the Union for a Popular Movement party and mayor of the XVIIe arrondissement of Paris. She was a member of the French Cabinet as tourism minister in 1995 and she has been an MP for Paris since 2002...
.
Books
- Liberté, liberté chérie (English: Liberty, Dear Liberty), Sabine Herold and Édouard Fillias, Les Belles Lettres, 2003, ISBN 2-2514424-7-2
- Le manifeste des alterlibéraux (English: Manifesto of the Alternative Liberals), Edouard Fillias, Aurélien Véron, Jean-Paul Oury and Sabine Hérold