The Movement of the Young Socialists (french: Mouvement des Jeunes Socialistes, MJS) or simply ''Jeunes Socialistes'' is the youth organisation of the

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. MJS was founded in 1993 as a formally independent youth organisation. However, its statutes commit the MJS to be generally supportive of its mother party. After a peak of around 10,000 members after the

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, MJS had 5321 members in November 2009.Résultats définitifs du congrès
/ref> MJS is member of the

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(YES, formerly ECOSY) and

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(IUSY).

Internal organization

In a biannual general assembly called Congrès National, all members of MJS come together to discuss and decide on general positions as well as concrete projects. There, the members also directly elect the president for a two-year period and appoint the members of the national office. Of several political currents within the MJS, a coalition of the

centrist Centrism is a political outlook or position involving acceptance or support of a balance of social equality and a degree of social hierarchy while opposing political changes that would result in a significant shift of society strongly to the l ...

"Transformer à Gauche" ''(Transform to the left)'' and the

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"Offensive socialiste" ''(Socialist Offensive)'' dominated the 2009 Congress of

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, successfully nominating Laurianne Deniaud for president. A minority movement of "Jeunes Socialistes pour la renovation" ''(Young socialists for renewal)'' and "La Relève" ''(The Uprise)'' calling for organizational changes including more transparency and

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couldn't prevail, neither could the

civil libertarian Civil libertarianism is a strain of political thought that supports civil liberties, or which emphasizes the supremacy of individual rights and personal freedoms over and against any kind of authority (such as a state, a corporation, social nor ...

wing.

National congresses

* 1993: Congress of

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* 1995: Congress of

Orléans Orléans (;"Orleans"
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* 1999: Congress of

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* 2001: Congress of

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* 2003: Congress of

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* 2005: Congress of Paris * 2007: Congress of

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* 2009: Congress of

* 2011: Congress of Strasbourg * 2015: Congress of

* 2018: Congress of

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Presidents

* 1993-1995:

Benoît Hamon Benoît Hamon (; born 26 June 1967) is a French politician known for his former role within the Socialist Party (PS) and Party of European Socialists (PES) and his political party Génération.s. Hamon joined the Socialist Party in 1988 and ...

* 1995-1997:

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* 1997-1999: Hugues Nancy * 1999-2001: Gwenegan Bui * 2001-2003: Charlotte Brun * 2003-2005: David Lebon * 2005-2007:

Razzy Hammadi Razzy Hammadi (born in Toulon on 22 February 1979) is a French politician, elected in 2012 as a deputy for the Socialist Party. Born in France of North African-born parents (Algerian Kabyle father, Tunisian mother), he is a former president of ...

* 2007-2009:

Antoine Détourné Antoine is a French given name (from the Latin ''Antonius'' meaning 'highly praise-worthy') that is a variant of Danton, Titouan, D'Anton and Antonin. The name is used in France, Switzerland, Belgium, Canada, West Greenland, Haiti, French Guiana ...

* 2009-2011: Laurianne Deniaud * 2011-2013: Thierry Marchal-Beck * 2013-2015: Laura Slimani * 2015-2018: Benjamin Lucas *since 2018: Roxane Lundy

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1993 establishments in France Socialist Party (France) Youth wings of political parties in France Youth wings of social democratic parties