Union of Socialist Groups and Clubs

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Union of Socialist Groups and Clubs
AbbreviationUGCS
Leader Jean Poperen
Founded1967
Dissolved1969
Merged into Socialist Party
Ideology Socialism
National affiliation FGDS

The Union of Socialist Groups and Clubs (French : Union des groupes et clubs socialistes, UGCS) was a socialist club in France led by Jean Poperen after he was expelled from the Unified Socialist Party. The UGCS joined the Federation of the Democratic and Socialist Left before merging into the new PS at the Issy-les-Moulineaux Congress.

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