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Socialist Party leadership election, 2018
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Incumbent First Secretary

Rachid Temal (interim)


The Aubervilliers Congress of the Socialist Party (PS) will be held on 7 and 8 April 2018 at the Front Populaire station of the Paris Métro in Aubervilliers, Seine-Saint-Denis. The congress will determine the political line of the party and elect the next First Secretary, with the post vacated since the resignation of Jean-Christophe Cambadélis on 18 June 2017.

Background

Front Populaire station of the Paris Métro

On 9 December 2017, the National Council of the Socialist Party (PS) agreed to hold the next party congress at the Front Populaire station of the Paris Métro in Aubervilliers, Seine-Saint-Denis on 7 and 8 April 2018. The choice of the location is considered a symbolically important "wink", referencing the left-wing Popular Front coalition that came to power in 1936.[1]

The party congress comes a year after the end of the quinquennat of President François Hollande, who decided not to run for re-election amid tepid approval ratings.[2] In the subsequent primary, Benoît Hamon was nominated as the presidential candidate of the party, but secured only 6.36% of the vote in the first round of the presidential election, the worst score for a socialist candidate since 1969.[3] The party suffered further losses in the legislative elections, winning just 30 seats, compared with 278 in 2012,[4] and First Secretary Jean-Christophe Cambadélis subsequently announced his resignation as leader of the party.[5] The successive defeats left the party with a considerable financial burden: in addition to the €15.072 million in expenses from Hamon's presidential campaign,[6] public financing, based on the number of votes in the legislative elections, fell from €24.9 million to €7.6 million,[7] and the PS subsequently announced the sale of its historic headquarters on the rue de Solférino for €45.5 million on 19 December.[8]

The PS was led by "collegial direction" beginning in July until Rachid Temal was appointed as "legal representative" and coordinator of the party on 30 September.[9] The congress will be held in the context of the lack of a clear political identity for the Socialist Party, with La France Insoumise to the left, La République En Marche! to the right, and Hamon departing the party to found the movement Génération.s.[10] According to an Ifop-Fiducial poll conducted in early January 2018, only 8% of respondents (and 39% of PS supporters) considered the PS to best represent the opposition to Emmanuel Macron, compared to 37% for La France Insoumise, 24% for The Republicans, and 22% for the National Front.[11]

Organization

The procedures of the congress will be changed slightly from previous years', with the removal of "general contributions" before motions, with the latter reduced to 50,000 characters. In addition, the requirements to submit a motion will be raised, requiring the signatures of 5% of members of the National Council (i.e., 16 members). These changes will be put to a vote among party members on 18 January.[12] Prospective candidates for First Secretary must submit an "orientation text", with a list of signatories attached, presenting their political project to the National Council, by 27 January. As with the general contributions, these will be reduced to a maximum of 50,000 characters in length, and require the signatures of 5% of the National Council (i.e., 16 members) to be validated. On 15 March, party members will vote on the orientation texts, with supporters of each motion represented at the congress in proportion to their support within each of the departmental federations, therefore influencing the future composition of the party leadership. Members will vote again on 29 March, deciding between the top two motions in the previous vote, determining the First Secretary of the party, and electing the new leaders of departmental federations. All party members up-to-date on contributions before 31 December 2017 are eligible to participate, in addition to former members from 2015 onwards who pay the membership fee for 2018. The Aubervilliers Congress will then take place on 7 and 8 April, designating the national leadership of the party, with an "address to the French" also planned for the gathering.[13]

Candidates

Declared

Renounced

See also

References

  1. ^ Arnaud Focraud (9 December 2017). "Le PS fera son Congrès en avril en Seine-Saint-Denis". Le Journal du Dimanche. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  2. ^ Nicolas Chapuis (1 December 2016). "François Hollande : « J'ai décidé de ne pas être candidat à l'élection présidentielle »". Le Monde. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  3. ^ Nicolas Chapuis; Bastien Bonnefous (23 April 2017). "Présidentielle : Benoît Hamon décroche à la cinquième place". Le Monde. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Après le désastre des législatives, le PS dans un champ de ruines". Le Parisien. Agence France-Presse. 19 June 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Résultats des législatives 2017 : Jean-Christophe Cambadélis démissionne de la tête du Parti socialiste". Le Monde. 18 June 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  6. ^ Marie-Pierre Haddad (27 August 2017). "Benoît Hamon miné par les affaires d'argent post-présidentielle". RTL. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  7. ^ Loris Boichot (19 June 2017). "Subventions aux partis : le jackpot de LREM, LR et le PS au régime sec". Le Figaro. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  8. ^ "Parti socialiste : le siège historique de Solférino vendu 45,5 millions d'euros". RTL. Agence France-Presse. 19 December 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  9. ^ William Galibert (30 September 2017). "La direction collégiale du PS maintenue jusqu'au Congrès, Temal coordinateur". Europe 1. Agence France-Presse. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  10. ^ Jannick Alimi (5 January 2018). "Atomisée, la gauche se cherche un leader". Le Parisien. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  11. ^ "Le tableau de bord politique Ifop et Fiducial pour Paris Match et Sud Radio - Janvier 2018" (PDF). Ifop. 11 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  12. ^ "Le PS jouera sa survie à Aubervilliers avec un congrès les 7 et 8 avril 2018". L'Express. Agence France-Presse. 9 December 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  13. ^ Enora Ollivier (9 January 2018). "Congrès du PS, mode d'emploi". Le Monde. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  14. ^ a b c d e "Qui sont les candidats déclarés à la présidence du PS ?". Europe 1. 10 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  15. ^ Cécile Amar (3 January 2018). "Najat Vallaud-Belkacem ne briguera pas la tête du PS : "Je ne veux pas d'une vie réduite à la politique"". L'Obs. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
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