Federation of the Democratic and Socialist Left

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The Federation of the Democratic and Socialist Left (Fédération de la gauche démocrate et socialiste or FGDS) was a conglomerate of French left-wing non-Communist forces. It was composed of the Socialist French Section of the Workers International (Section française de l'Internationale ouvrière or SFIO), Radical-Socialist Party and several left-wing republican groups led by François Mitterrand.

This federation was founded to support François Mitterrand's candidature at the 1965 presidential election. But it was divided about question of the relations with the French Communist Party (PCF), which had the leadership on the left.

During the May 68 events, François Mitterrand announced his candidature for an anticipated presidential election. He thought Charles de Gaulle would resign after the crisis. Finally, de Gaulle won the June 1968 legislative election. Held as responsible for the failure, Mitterrand resigned in November 1968 and the FGDS dissolved itself. Mitterrand then undertook to conquer the Socialist Party (PS) which succeeded to the SFIO in 1969.

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