Young Socialist Movement
Encyclopedia
The Movement of the Young Socialists or simply Jeunes Socialistes is the youth organisation of the French social-democratic Socialist Party
.
MJS was founded in 1993 as a formally independent youth organization. However its statutes commit the MJS to be generally supportive to its mother party. After a peak of around 10.000 members after the 2006 youth protests in France, MJS currently counts 5321 members (November 2009).
MJS is member of Young European Socialists
(ECOSY) and International Union of Socialist Youth
(IUSY).
Of several political currents within the MJS, a coalition of the centrist
"Transformer à Gauche" (Transform to the left) and the marxist
"Offensive socialiste" (Socialist Offensive) dominated the 2009 Congress of Grenoble
, 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 grassroots democracy
couldn't prevail, neither could the civil libertarian
wing.
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...
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MJS was founded in 1993 as a formally independent youth organization. However its statutes commit the MJS to be generally supportive to its mother party. After a peak of around 10.000 members after the 2006 youth protests in France, MJS currently counts 5321 members (November 2009).
MJS is member of Young European Socialists
Ecosy
ECOSY - Young European Socialists is an association of social-democratic youth organisations in the European Union. The most widely accepted pronunciation of ECOSY is as a single word with short "e" and short "o"....
(ECOSY) and International Union of Socialist Youth
International Union of Socialist Youth
The International Union of Socialist Youth encompasses socialist, social democratic and Labour Party youth organizations from more than 100 states of the world...
(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
In politics, centrism is the ideal or the practice of promoting policies that lie different from the standard political left and political right. Most commonly, this is visualized as part of the one-dimensional political spectrum of left-right politics, with centrism landing in the middle between...
"Transformer à Gauche" (Transform to the left) and the marxist
Marxism
Marxism is an economic and sociopolitical worldview and method of socioeconomic inquiry that centers upon a materialist interpretation of history, a dialectical view of social change, and an analysis and critique of the development of capitalism. Marxism was pioneered in the early to mid 19th...
"Offensive socialiste" (Socialist Offensive) dominated the 2009 Congress of Grenoble
Grenoble
Grenoble is a city in southeastern France, at the foot of the French Alps where the river Drac joins the Isère. Located in the Rhône-Alpes region, Grenoble is the capital of the department of Isère...
, 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 grassroots democracy
Grassroots democracy
Grassroots democracy is a tendency towards designing political processes where as much decision-making authority as practical is shifted to the organization's lowest geographic level of organization: principle of subsidiarity....
couldn't prevail, neither could the civil libertarian
Civil liberties
Civil liberties are rights and freedoms that provide an individual specific rights such as the freedom from slavery and forced labour, freedom from torture and death, the right to liberty and security, right to a fair trial, the right to defend one's self, the right to own and bear arms, the right...
wing.
National congresses
- 1993: Congress of AvignonAvignonAvignon is a French commune in southeastern France in the départment of the Vaucluse bordered by the left bank of the Rhône river. Of the 94,787 inhabitants of the city on 1 January 2010, 12 000 live in the ancient town centre surrounded by its medieval ramparts.Often referred to as the...
- 1995: Congress of OrléansOrléans-Prehistory and Roman:Cenabum was a Gallic stronghold, one of the principal towns of the Carnutes tribe where the Druids held their annual assembly. It was conquered and destroyed by Julius Caesar in 52 BC, then rebuilt under the Roman Empire...
- 1998: Congress of ToulonToulonToulon is a town in southern France and a large military harbor on the Mediterranean coast, with a major French naval base. Located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region, Toulon is the capital of the Var department in the former province of Provence....
- 1999: Congress of ToursToursTours is a city in central France, the capital of the Indre-et-Loire department.It is located on the lower reaches of the river Loire, between Orléans and the Atlantic coast. Touraine, the region around Tours, is known for its wines, the alleged perfection of its local spoken French, and for the...
- 2001: Congress of LilleLilleLille is a city in northern France . It is the principal city of the Lille Métropole, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the country behind those of Paris, Lyon and Marseille. Lille is situated on the Deûle River, near France's border with Belgium...
- 2003: Congress of LamouraLamouraLamoura is a commune in the Jura department in Franche-Comté in eastern France.-References:*...
- 2005: Congress of Paris
- 2007: Congress of BordeauxBordeauxBordeaux is a port city on the Garonne River in the Gironde department in southwestern France.The Bordeaux-Arcachon-Libourne metropolitan area, has a population of 1,010,000 and constitutes the sixth-largest urban area in France. It is the capital of the Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture...
- 2009: Congress of GrenobleGrenobleGrenoble is a city in southeastern France, at the foot of the French Alps where the river Drac joins the Isère. Located in the Rhône-Alpes region, Grenoble is the capital of the department of Isère...
Presidents
- 1993-1995: Benoît HamonBenoît HamonBenoît Hamon is a French politician, member of the Socialist Party , part of the Party of European Socialists. He was Member of the European Parliament for the East of France from 2004 to 2009. He was national secretary for Europe in the French socialist party. At present, he is spokesman...
- 1995-1997: Régis JuanicoRégis JuanicoRégis Juanico is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Loire department, and is a member of the Socialist Party and of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche parliamentary group.-References:...
- 1997-1999: Hugues Nancy
- 1999-2001: Gwenegan Bui
- 2001-2003: Charlotte Brun
- 2003-2005: David Lebon
- 2005-2007: Razzy Hammadi
- 2007-2009: Antoine Détourné
- since 2009: Laurianne Deniaud