Socialist and Republican group

Socialist and Republican group Groupe socialiste et républicain
Chamber	Senate
Previous name(s)	Socialist group (1959–2011) Groupe socialiste Socialist group, associated and attached Europe Ecology The Greens group (2011–12) Groupe socialiste, apparentés et groupe Europe Écologie Les Verts rattaché Socialist and associated group (2012–15) Groupe socialiste et apparentés
Member parties	PS DVG
President	Didier Guillaume
Constituency	Drôme
Representation	78 / 348
Ideology	Social democracy
Website	http://www.senateurs-socialistes.fr/

The Socialist and Republican group (French: groupe socialiste et républicain) is a parliamentary group in the Senate including representatives of the Socialist Party (PS).

The first parliamentary group of socialists in the Senate of the Third Republic was formed following the 1927 senatorial elections with a total of 14 members, after the election of 2 socialists in the 1921 renewal and the 1924 renewal bringing the total to 6 senators. Before the formal constitution of a group in the Senate, the elected socialists sat with the Democratic, Radical, and Radical-Socialist Left group. Though initially disorganized, the senators of the group recognized themselves under the common label of "socialist".Camille Reboul presided over the group from its foundation, and was later succeeded in this position by André Morizet. Tensions within the group led to the dissent of seven "neo-socialists" in 1933, halving the size of the group; however, the impact of this split was ultimately limited as the SFIO was able to ensure the survival of the socialist group in the Senate. The group remained roughly the same in size through the end of the Third Republic, with 16 members after the renewals of both 1929 and 1932; it subsequently adopted the appellation of the SFIO in 1934, was reduced to 13 members after the 1935 renewal, and rebounded to 15 senators after the 1938 renewal.

During the Fourth Republic, a socialist group was formed in the Council of the Republic, with 64 seats following senatorial elections on 8 December 1946, and 62 seats following senatorial elections on 7 November 1948, doing better than its tripartite partners as a result of its good local implantation. The group subsequently maintained 56 seats following senatorial elections on 18 May 1952, 56 seats following senatorial elections on 19 June 1955, and 60 seats following senatorial elections on 8 June 1958.