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Socialist Party

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France's Socialist party and hard-left LFI form alliance for June parliament vote • FRANCE 24

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Hidalgo is 'the best candidate to win this election': French Socialist Party

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'The end of the Socialist Party'

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France parliamentary elections: Socialist party and France Unbowed form alliance • FRANCE 24

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France's Socialist Party: All behind the president?

The Socialist Party is a social-democratic political party in France, and the largest party of the French centre-left. The PS used to be one of the two major political parties in the French Fifth Republic, along with the Republicans. The Socialist Party replaced the earlier French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) in 1969, and is currently led by First Secretary Olivier Faure. The PS is a member of the Party of European Socialists (PES), the Socialist International (SI) and the Progressive Alliance.