Sabine Herold

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Sabine Herold (born 8 July 1981) is a French classical liberal activist and main spokeswoman of Alternative libérale, a French liberal/libertarian political 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 Paris 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'.{{cite news |first=Philip |last=Delves Broughton |title=The new Joan of Arc on a crusade to stop French unions causing misery to millions |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=MJIGSSPMUDSLVQFIQMGSFFOAVCBQWIV0?xml=/news/2003/06/04/wfra04.xml |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |date=4 June 2003 |accessdate=2008-01-14 }}{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

She has often reflected upon the policy implemented by the British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and is commonly called "Mademoiselle Thatcher" by newspapers,[http://www.alternative-liberale.fr/presse/060618_JournalDuDimanche_Mademoiselle_Thatcher.htm Sabine Herold, « mademoiselle Thatcher »] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061129080017/http://www.alternative-liberale.fr/presse/060618_JournalDuDimanche_Mademoiselle_Thatcher.htm |date=2006-11-29 }} in le Journal du dimanche, 18 June 2006 a comparison that she considers to be a compliment.{{cite news |first=Colin |last=Randall |title='Mlle Thatcher' to run for a seat in parliament |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/06/19/wherold19.xml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060622015911/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/06/19/wherold19.xml |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 June 2006 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |date=19 June 2006 |accessdate=2008-01-14 }}

She married fellow Alternative libérale leader Édouard Fillias in September 2006. She was a candidate for the 2007 parliamentary elections in Paris against conservative Françoise de Panafieu.

Books

  • Liberté, liberté chérie (English: Liberty, Dear Liberty), Sabine Herold and Édouard Fillias, Les Belles Lettres, 2003, {{ISBN|2-251-44247-2}}
  • Le manifeste des alterlibéraux (English: Manifesto of the Alternative Liberals), Edouard Fillias, Aurélien Véron, Ludovic Lassauce, Jean-Paul Oury and Sabine Hérold

References

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