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| | | Candidate | Harlem Désir | Emmanuel Maurel | Party | PS | PS | Percentage | 72% | 28% | |
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The Second Toulouse Congress was the seventy-sixth national congress of the French Socialist Party (Parti socialiste or PS), the congress was held from October 26 to 28, 2012, in the city of Toulouse in the Haute-Garonne.
First Secretary Martine Aubry announced that she would not run for a second term. The National Secretary for Coordination Harlem Désir became the next party leader.
Motions
Five motions were voted upon by members:
- Motion 1: "Mobilise the French People for a Successful Change" (Mobiliser les Français pour réussir le changement): Led by Harlem Désir and supported by Martine Aubry, Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, all socialist members of the Cabinet and a majority of MPs.
- Motion 2: "Matter of Principle" (Question de principes): Led by Juliette Méadel and endorsed by Gaëtan Gorce.
- Motion 3: "Now the Left" (Maintenant la gauche): Led by Emmanuel Maurel and supported by Marie-Noëlle Lienemann, Gérard Filoche, Jérôme Guedj and the Utopia movement.
- Motion 4: "Dare. Further. Faster" (Oser. Plus loin. Plus vite): Led by Stéphane Hessel and supported by Pierre Larrouturou.
- Motion 5: "Toulouse, my Congress" (Toulouse, mon congrès): Motion led by Constance Blanchard.
Results of the Motions vote[2]
Popular vote | | | | Motion 1 (Désir) | | 68.2% | Motion 3 (Maurel) | | 13.4% | Motion 4 (Hessel) | | 11.9% | Motion 2 (Méadel) | | 5.2% | Motion 5 (Blanchard) | | 1.4% | |
Election of the First Secretary[3]
On October 12, 2012, Emmanuel Maurel confirmed that he would be a candidate for the Party Leadership.[4] He lost to Harlem Désir.
References
- ^ French Socialist Party - First Secretary - 2012 Election
- ^ PS : la motion de Désir en tête à 68,1%, l'aile gauche à 13,4%
- ^ Harlem Désir nouveau premier secrétaire du PS
- ^ Maurel candidat pour la tête du PS
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