The Independent Workers' Party (, POI) is a French

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political party founded in June 2008 after the dissolution of its predecessor, the

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. It claimed 10,071 members at its founding congress in 2008, and 8,000 members on its second congress in 2012. Amongst its four General Secretaries are former presidential candidates Gérard Schivardi and

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, who were members of a Trotskyist current within the party. Gluckstein was suspended following a leadership dispute in 2015, leading to the faction splitting and founding the

. Jérôme Legavre was elected the party's only Member of Parliament in the

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Election results

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