Militant Forces (french: Forces militantes) was an organized
caucus
A caucus is a meeting of supporters or members of a specific political party or movement. The exact definition varies between different countries and political cultures.
The term originated in the United States, where it can refer to a meeting ...
in the French
Socialist Party.
The faction was founded in 2003 by
Marc Dolez
Marc Dolez (born , in Douai, Nord) is French politician. He represented the Nord's 17th constituency from 1988 to 1993, and again from 1997 to 2017. A former member of the Socialist Party
Socialist Party is the name of many different poli ...
, whose motion obtained 4.38% at the
Dijon Congress
The Dijon Congress was the twentieth national congress of the French Socialist Party (''Parti socialiste'' or PS). It took place from May 16 to 18, 2003.
The objective of the Congress was to start the reconstruction of the weakened party after it ...
the same year. Dolez was close the
New World caucus. In 2005, members of the faction based around the ''Démocratie & Socialisme'' magazine joined the faction but left in 2007.
Dolez supported the left-wing motion led by
Benoît Hamon at the
Reims Congress
The Reims Congress was the twenty-second national congress of the French Socialist Party (''Parti socialiste'' or PS), taking place from 14 to 16 November 2008 in the city of Reims in the Marne.
Incumbent First Secretary François Hollande announ ...
in 2008, but Dolez, along with
Jean-Luc Mélenchon
Jean-Luc Antoine Pierre Mélenchon (; born 19 August 1951) is a French politician who was a member of the National Assembly for the 4th constituency of Bouches-du-Rhône from 2017 to 2022. He led the ''La France Insoumise'' group in the Nation ...
(
Trait d'Union
Trait d'Union ( en, "Hyphen") was an organized caucus in the French Socialist Party.
Trait d'Union was founded in August 2005 by supporters of Jean-Luc Mélenchon within the New World caucus. Soon afterward, the faction supported Laurent Fabius' ...
) left the PS to found the
Left Party (PG).
External links
Official site Factions of the Socialist Party (France)
Political party factions in France
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