Le Mans Congress

The Le Mans Congress was the twenty-first national congress of the French Socialist Party (Parti socialiste or PS). It took place from November 18 to 20, 2005.

The objective of the Congress was to solve internal divisions created by the French referendum on the European Constitution and designate a new leadership at all levels.

Results by departmental federation

Motions

Five motions were presented to be voted upon by members:

For a liberal socialism: Truth and Action (Pour un socialisme libéral : vérité et action): Social liberal current led by Jean-Marie Bockel, PS mayor of Mulhouse.
Rally the Left (Rassembler à gauche): Left-wing motion led Laurent Fabius, and supported by Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Marie-Noëlle Lienemann. This was the first time since the 1990 Rennes Congress that Fabius led a motion.
Socialists, for success on the left: Will, Truth, Unity (Socialistes, pour réussir à gauche : Volonté - Vérité - Unité): Majority motion led by François Hollande, supported by the party elites: Martine Aubry, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, and Bertrand Delanoë.
New Socialist Party-For a Socialist Alternative (Nouveau Parti Socialiste-Pour une Alternative Socialiste): Left-wing motion supported by Vincent Peillon, Arnaud Montebourg, Benoît Hamon, Michel Vauzelle, Henri Emmanuelli.
Utopia: Alterglobalization current led by Franck Pupunat.

Results

Popular vote

Motion 1 (Hollande)			53.63%
Motion 5 (NPS)			23.54%
Motion 2 (Fabius)			21.17%
Motion 3 (Utopia)			1.02%
Motion 4 (Bockel)			0.64%

Hollande was re-elected as First Secretary unopposed. He won 76.96% of the votes.^[1]

References

↑ PS Congresses since 1971, France-politique

French Socialist Party

First Secretaries	Alain Savary (1969–1971) François Mitterrand (1971–1981) Lionel Jospin (1981–1988) Pierre Mauroy (1988–1992) Laurent Fabius (1992–1993) Michel Rocard (1993–1994) Henri Emmanuelli (1994–1995) Lionel Jospin (1995–1997) François Hollande (1997–2008) Martine Aubry (2008–2012) Harlem Désir (2012–2014) Jean-Christophe Cambadélis (2014–)

Prime Ministers	Pierre Mauroy (1981–1984) Laurent Fabius (1984–1986) Michel Rocard (1988–1991) Édith Cresson (1991–1992) Pierre Bérégovoy (1992–1993) Lionel Jospin (1997–2002) Jean-Marc Ayrault (2012–2014) Manuel Valls (2014–)

Presidential candidates	François Mitterrand (1974) François Mitterrand (1981) François Mitterrand (1988) Lionel Jospin (1995) Lionel Jospin (2002) Ségolène Royal (2007) François Hollande (2012)

Presidential primaries	1995 2006 2011

National congresses	Alfortville Congress (May 1969) Issy-les-Moulineaux Congress (July 1969) Epinay Congress (1971) Grenoble Congress (1973) Pau Congress (1975) Nantes Congress (1977) Metz Congress (1979) Créteil Congress (January 1981) Valence Congress (October 1981) Bourg-en-Bresse Congress (1983) Toulouse Congress (1985) Lille Congress (1987) Rennes Congress (1990) Grande Arche Congress (1991) Bordeaux Congress (1992) Bourget Congress (1993) Liévin Congress (1994) Brest Congress (1997) Second Grenoble Congress (2000) Dijon Congress (2003) Le Mans Congress (2005) Reims Congress (2008) Second Toulouse Congress (2012)

Factions	Aubryists Eco-socialists Fabiusians New Socialist Party Royalists Utopia

François Hollande

Socialist Party Leader	Brest Congress (election) Grenoble Congress Dijon Congress Le Mans Congress

Presidential campaign	Socialist Party presidential primary Presidential debate Election

Presidency	Presidential trips Timeline Ayrault Cabinet

See also	Presidency of the General council of Corrèze Corrèze's First Constituency Mayor of Tulle

Category:François Hollande

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