Socialist Party (France)
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Socialist Party
Parti socialiste |
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| First Secretary | Jean-Christophe Cambadelis |
| President of France | François Hollande |
| Prime Minister of France | Bernard Cazeneuve |
| Spokesperson in the Assembly | Olivier Faure |
| Spokesperson in the Senate | Didier Guillaume |
| Founder | Alain Savary, François Mitterrand |
| Founded | 1905 : SFIO 1969 : Parti socialiste |
| Merger of | SFIO, CIR, UCRG, UGCS |
| Headquarters | 10, Rue de Solférino 75333 Paris Cedex 07 |
| Youth wing | Young Socialist Movement |
| Membership (2014) | 60,000 |
| Ideology | Social democracy |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| European affiliation | Party of European Socialists |
| International affiliation |
Progressive Alliance Socialist International |
| European Parliament group | Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats |
| Colors | Pink |
| National Assembly |
292 / 577
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| Senate |
112 / 348
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| European Parliament |
12 / 74
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| Regional Councils |
5 / 13
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| Departmental Councils |
27 / 101
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The Socialist Party (French: Parti socialiste [paʁti sɔsjaˈlist], PS) is a social-democraticpolitical party in France, and the largest party of the French centre-left. The PS is one of the two major contemporary political parties in France, along with the Republicans. The Socialist Party replaced the earlier French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) in 1969, and is currently led by First Secretary Jean-Christophe Cambadélis. The PS is a member of the Party of European Socialists (PES), the Socialist International (SI) and the Progressive Alliance.
The PS first won power in 1981, when its candidate François Mitterrand was elected President of France in the 1981 presidential election. Under Mitterrand, the party achieved a governing majority in the National Assembly from 1981 to 1986 and again from 1988 to 1993. PS leader Lionel Jospin lost his bid to succeed Mitterrand as president in the 1995 presidential election against Rally for the Republic leader Jacques Chirac, but became prime minister in a cohabitation government after the 1997 parliamentary elections, a position Jospin held until 2002, when he was again defeated in the presidential election.
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