The Socialists and affiliated group (french: groupe Socialistes et apparentés ) is a
parliamentary group
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in the
National Assembly
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including representatives of the
Socialist Party
Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of t ...
(PS).
History
The first socialist parliamentary group emerged in 1893 under the
Third Republic, with the socialists remaining present in the
Chamber of Deputies through the end of the republic in 1940, resuming within the
National Assembly
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during the brief period of the
Fourth Republic.
The first socialist group of the
Fifth Republic was formed in the
1st National Assembly
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on 9 December 1958 with 47 deputies,
under the name of the socialist group (''groupe socialiste''),
and was re-formed with 66 seats on 6 December 1962 following
legislative elections.
On 3 April 1967, the
Federation of the Democratic and Socialist Left
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group (''groupe de la Fédération de la gauche démocrate et socialiste'') was formed,
consisting of 121 deputies. Following the poor performance of the FGDS in the
1968 legislative elections, with the group re-formed on 11 July 1968 including only 57 deputies,
and
François Mitterrand subsequently resigned on 7 November, followed by
Guy Mollet on 22 December, marking the end of the FGDS. The associated FGDS group in the National Assembly, however, survived until its eventual dissolution on 3 October 1969, when the socialist group (''groupe socialiste'') was formed, with deputies transferring to the new group.
Following the
1973 legislative elections in which the
Socialist Party
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(PS) competed for the first time, a parliamentary group was formed with the radicals of the
MRG (now known as the PRG) with the name Socialist Party and radicals of the left group (''groupe du Parti socialiste et des radicaux de gauche'') on 2 April,
with 102 deputies in total.
In subsequent years, the group was simply re-formed as the socialist group (''groupe socialiste''), starting on 3 April 1978 with 113 seats following
legislative elections, on 2 July 1981 with 285 seats following
legislative elections, on 1 April 1986 with 212 seats following
legislative elections, on 16 July 1988 with 275 seats following
legislative elections, on 2 April 1993 with 57 seats following
legislative elections, on 12 June 1997 with 250 seats following
legislative elections, and on 25 June 2002 with 141 seats following
legislative elections. The group was reconstituted under a new name following the
2007 legislative elections; including 204 deputies,
with 186 members and 18 related, it took the name of the Socialist, Radical and Citizen group (''groupe socialiste, radical et citoyen''), abbreviated as SRC; on 11 July 2007, it was renamed again to become the Socialist, Radical, Citizen and Miscellaneous Left group (''groupe socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche'').
The name was again changed following the
2012 legislative elections; initially named the Socialist, Republican and Citizen group (''groupe socialiste, républicain et citoyen'') on 26 June,
the name was subsequently changed to the Socialist, Ecologist and Republican group (''groupe socialiste, écologiste et républicain'') on 24 May 2016, after the departure of six "reformist" deputies from the
ecologist group
The Ecologist Group, officially the Ecologist Group - NUPES since 2022, is a French parliamentary group in the National Assembly. The first iteration of the group was existed between June 2012 and May 2016 during the 14th legislature of the Fr ...
to join the socialist group amid the
Denis Baupin
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He is now vice mayor responsible ...
affair and a split within
Europe Ecology – The Greens
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(EELV) over support for Hollande's government left it with too few deputies to constitute a parliamentary group.
In the
2017 legislative elections, the Socialists suffered a historically poor performance, securing only 30 seats in the National Assembly. Despite being few in number, divisions within the group over support for the new government persisted, with a number sympathetic to the ideas of
president
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Emmanuel Macron. The most recent president of the group,
Olivier Faure, was re-elected on 22 June with 28 votes against
Delphine Batho with 3 votes; he subsequently announced on 27 June that the name of the socialist group would change to the "New Left group" (''groupe Nouvelle Gauche'').
At the time of its formation on 27 June, the parliamentary group included 31 deputies, including 3 associated members.
The group was reduced by one member after the election of
Joël Aviragnet was annulled, forcing a
by-election
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, by the
Constitutional Council on 18 December 2017.
After Faure was
elected Elected may refer to:
* "Elected" (song), by Alice Cooper, 1973
* ''Elected'' (EP), by Ayreon, 2008
*The Elected, an American indie rock band
See also
*Election
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as
First Secretary of the French Socialist Party
The First Secretary of the Socialist Party ( French: ''Premier secrétaire du Parti socialiste'') is the most senior politician within the Socialist Party in France. The office has been held by Olivier Faure
Olivier Faure (French: help:IPA/Fren ...
, he was succeeded by
Valérie Rabault
Valérie Rabault (French: aleʁi ʁabo born 25 April 1973) is a French politician who has presided over the Socialists and affiliated group in the National Assembly since 2018. A member of the Socialist Party (PS), she has represented the 1st ...
on 11 April 2018, who secured 21 votes against 7 for
Guillaume Garot following the withdrawal of
Boris Vallaud
Boris Vallaud (born 25 July 1975) is a French politician of the Socialist Party (France), Socialist Party who was elected to the National Assembly (France), French National Assembly in the 2017 French legislative election, 2017 elections, repre ...
that morning.
List of presidents
Historical membership
See also
*
Socialist and Republican group
The Socialist and Republican group (french: groupe socialiste et républicain) is a parliamentary group in the Senate including representatives of the Socialist Party (PS).
History
The first parliamentary group of socialists in the Senate of ...
References
External links
Notices and portraits of deputies
Changes in the composition of groups
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