Arlette Franco

On June 19, 2002, she became a member of parliament for the 2nd constituency of the Pyrénées-Orientales, as part of the Union for a Popular Movement group. She was re-elected on June 17, 2007, with 59.78% of the votes cast in the second round. In 2007, she voted against the inclusion of the abolition of the death Capital punishment.^[3]

On March 9, 2008, the list she headed won the municipal election in Canet-en-Roussillon in the first round with 63.88% of the votes cast. Vice-president of the French Swimming Federation, she was behind the installation of the first Olympic swimming pool in the Pyrénées-Orientales department. Founder of the Canet 66 Natation sports club, she saw it grow with international-level swimmers. Shortly before her death, Arlette Franco paid tribute to her friend Henri Sérandour by inaugurating the new swimming pool in Canet-en-Roussillon named after him.

She underwent surgery in 2008 for a brain tumor, the effects of which left her disabled. She died on March 31, 2010, in Canet-en-Roussillon, as a result of the disease.^[4][5] She was replaced in the National Assembly by her deputy, Fernand Siré.