Issy-les-Moulineaux Congress
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The Issy-les-Moulineaux Congress was the second national congress of the French Socialist Party
(Parti socialiste or PS). It took place on July 11 to 13, 1969. This marked the transformation of the old French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) into the new PS. However, François Mitterrand
's Convention of Republican Institutions
did not attend.
Jean Poperen
, expelled from the Unified Socialist Party
, joined the PS.
Socialist Party (France)
The Socialist Party is a social-democratic political party in France and the largest party of the French centre-left. It is one of the two major contemporary political parties in France, along with the center-right Union for a Popular Movement...
(Parti socialiste or PS). It took place on July 11 to 13, 1969. This marked the transformation of the old French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) into the new PS. However, François Mitterrand
François Mitterrand
François Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand was the 21st President of the French Republic and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra, serving from 1981 until 1995. He is the longest-serving President of France and, as leader of the Socialist Party, the only figure from the left so far elected President...
's Convention of Republican Institutions
Convention of Republican Institutions
The ' was a socialist and republican party in France led by François Mitterrand. The CIR, founded in 1964 transformed from a loosely organized club to a formal political party by the time of Mitterrand's candidacy in the 1965 election...
did not attend.
Jean Poperen
Jean Poperen
Jean Poperen was a French politician.Poperen joined the Communist Party at 18, and was also a member of the Union of Communist Students. He left the PCF after the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and became a founding member of the Unified Socialist Party in 1960...
, expelled from the Unified Socialist Party
Unified Socialist Party (France)
The Unified Socialist Party was a socialist political party in France, founded on April 3, 1960. It was originally led by Édouard Depreux , and by Michel Rocard .- History :...
, joined the PS.