New World (french: Nouveau monde) was an organized

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in the French

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. New World was founded in 2002 following the implosion of the Socialist Left. Socialist Left members, including

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 ...

were joined by followers of

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and his Democracy and Equality movement. The

Militant Forces Militant Forces (french: Forces militantes) was an organized caucus in the French Socialist Party. The faction was founded in 2003 by Marc Dolez, whose motion obtained 4.38% at the Dijon Congress the same year. Dolez was close the New World cauc ...

faction led by Marc Dolez never joined New World, but remained close to the faction throughout its existence. At the 2003

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, the New World motion obtained 16.33%. However, by 2004 the faction split into a rivalry between

and

, the latter accusing the former of campaigning against his own party. The faction re-united briefly to lead the NO campaign to the

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within the PS, but following the victory of the YES in the Socialist Party's internal referendum, the faction split for good between

, who led a NO campaign within the PS and

who led a NO campaign with other parties of the left, such as the

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. Mélenchon formed the ''

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' ...

'' faction in 2005 and supported

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' motion at the

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formed the Socialist Alternative before joining the

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