The Second Toulouse Congress was the seventy-sixth national congress of the French Socialist Party (''Parti socialiste'' or PS), the congress was held from October 26 to 28, 2012, in the city of

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in the

Haute-Garonne Haute-Garonne (; , ; ''Upper Garonne'') is a department in the southwestern French region of Occitanie. Named after the river Garonne, which flows through the department. Its prefecture and main city is Toulouse, the country's fourth-largest. ...

. First Secretary

Martine Aubry Martine Louise Marie Aubry (; née Delors; born 8 August 1950) is a French politician. She was the First Secretary of the French Socialist Party (''Parti Socialiste'', or PS) from November 2008 to April 2012, and has been the Mayor (France), M ...

announced that she would not run for a second term. The National Secretary for Coordination Harlem Désir became the next party leader.

Motions

Five motions were voted upon by members: *Motion 1: "Mobilise the French People for a Successful Change" (''Mobiliser les Français pour réussir le changement''): Led by Harlem Désir and supported by

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Jean-Marc Ayrault, all socialist members of the Cabinet and a majority of MPs. *Motion 2: "Matter of Principle" (''Question de principes''): Led by Juliette Méadel and endorsed by Gaëtan Gorce. *Motion 3: "Now the Left" (''Maintenant la gauche''): Led by Emmanuel Maurel and supported by Marie-Noëlle Lienemann, Gérard Filoche, Jérôme Guedj and the Utopia movement. *Motion 4: "Dare. Further. Faster" (''Oser. Plus loin. Plus vite''): Led by Stéphane Hessel and supported by Pierre Larrouturou. *Motion 5: "Toulouse, my Congress" (''Toulouse, mon congrès''): Motion led by Constance Blanchard.

Results of the Motions vote

Election of the First Secretary

On October 12, 2012, Emmanuel Maurel confirmed that he would be a candidate for the Party Leadership.Maurel candidat pour la tête du PS
/ref> He lost to Harlem Désir.

References

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