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Socialist Party (France)

Socialist Party
Parti socialiste
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 (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
Senate
112 / 348
European Parliament
12 / 74
Regional Councils
5 / 13
Departmental Councils
27 / 101
Website
www.parti-socialiste.fr

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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