Marine Charrette-Labadie

Marine Charrette-Labadie is a French political activist who was one of eight original spokespeople for the "yellow vests" movement. Her involvement predated the 17 November 2018 protests, when she served as a local organizer in Corrèze, New-Aquitaine in advance for Act I. Charrette-Labadie announced she was retiring from the movement at a national level on 28 November 2018 at a press conference in Brives. She was the sixth of the original eight spokespeople to announce their resignation. Charrette-Labadie continued to participate in the movement at the local level after withdrawing from the national movement.

Charrette-Labadie is from Corrèze, New-Aquitaine. A waitress, she was unemployed at the end of 2018.

Yellow vest movement

Charrette-Labadie, then a 22-year-old, emerged as one of the early spokesperson in the "yellow vests" movement. She was one of eight official spokespeople. This group was announced on 26 November 2018. During her time as a spokesperson, Charrette-Labadie was contacted constantly by people in the movement asking for updates as to what had been accomplished and by members of the media seeking comment.

Her involvement predated the 17 November 2018 protests, when she served as a local organizer in advance for Act I. She got involved because she felt like she could not sit idly by and do nothing. As a local organizer, she was part of a group of protesters who lifted toll gates in Brives on 17 November 2018.

In late November, a photograph of Charrette-Labadie circulated that confused her with a friend of Emmanuel Macron. A conspiracy theory misidentified her, suggesting that Macron, through a female friend, had infiltrated the highest levels of the yellow vest movement.

Since the start of the movement and 7 December 2018, Charrette-Labadie appeared on BFMTV, France 2 or TF1 a total of nine times. This tied her for third with Laëtitia Dewalle amongst women acting as media spokespeople, and fourteenth overall.

Charrette-Labadie continued to participate in the movement at the local level after withdrawing from the national movement.

Political beliefs and activism While Charrette-Labadie self-identifies as being a bit to the left, she has stated that she does not belong to any political party. Her involvement with the yellow vest movement was her first instance in political demonstrations.