Passing through Rennes, Nathalie Arthaud spoke with students from Sciences Po this Friday afternoon.
The Lutte Ouvrière candidate hammered home her ambition to “overthrow capitalist society” to win “the workers’ camp”.
Rather seduced by the ideas of Nathalie Arthaud, the students met still prefer Jean-Luc Mélenchon, "the useful vote" according to them.
She was not as successful as Jean-Luc Mélenchon who had a full house, welcomed as a rock star at the end of November at Sciences po Rennes.
However, around 150 to 200 students took their places in the Erasmus amphitheater this Friday afternoon to listen and discuss with Nathalie Arthaud.
Candidate for the third time in the presidential election, the spokesperson for Lutte Ouvrière immediately displayed the color.
"I'm not aiming to sit in the president's chair, that's not my goal," she explained.
My ambition is greater, that of changing society and the world”.
To do this, the Trotskyist candidate wants to “overthrow the capitalist society where only the money counts”.
Faced with an audience leaning clearly to the left, the economics professor was rather comfortable, answering for nearly two hours to students' questions on various subjects such as religion or the international situation.
“I am not leading a categorical fight”, assures the candidate
But, unsurprisingly, it was above all a question of class struggle.
With on one side “the camp of the bourgeoisie which dominates and oppresses” and on the other “the camp of the workers” which it defends body and soul.
“And the workers?
», Launches a young woman in the room.
A little embarrassed smile from the candidate.
“I am not fighting a categorical fight, I am fighting to change the world and that requires a large gathering of all those who make up the world of work, replies the candidate.
The revolt will come from the workers and the youth”.
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Youth, however, was not much discussed during the debates.
When some candidates mention a student income or a minimum youth, Nathalie Arthaud defends her proposals to raise the minimum wage to 2,000 euros per month or to eliminate unemployment by better distributing working time.
Ideas and "a rather interesting vision for the future", according to Arno.
“My mother is a smicarde and I also worked for a few months at the factory, says the student.
So I was able to realize that there were unacceptable things in the business world”.
Students rather tempted by the Mélenchon vote
In two weeks, the young man will not vote for the candidate of Lutte Ouvrière.
He will rather slip into the ballot box a Jean-Luc Mélenchon ballot, "the useful vote", according to him.
Many students crossed at the exit will do the same like Clémence.
"I could have been tempted by Arthaud or Poutou but they have no chance of being in the second round", she assures.
A little further on, another student wishing to remain anonymous is more perplexed.
“Revolution is a great idea but it seems so far away,” underlines the young man.
And I don't think society is ready for that."
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