Young Socialist Movement

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Movement of the Young Socialists
Mouvement des Jeunes Socialistes
President Emma Rafowicz
Founded1993 (1993)
Headquarters Paris, France
Ideology Social democracy,
Democratic socialism
Mother party Socialist Party
International affiliation International Union of Socialist Youth
European affiliation Young European Socialists
Website www.lesjeunes-soc.fr

The Movement of the Young Socialists (French : Mouvement des Jeunes Socialistes, MJS) or simply Jeunes Socialistes is the youth organisation of the Socialist Party of France.

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MJS was founded in 1993 as a formally independent youth organisation. However, its statutes commit the MJS to be generally supportive of its mother party. After a peak of around 10,000 members after the 2006 youth protests in France, [1] MJS had 5321 members in November 2009. [2]

MJS is member of the Young European Socialists (YES, formerly ECOSY) and International Union of Socialist Youth (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 "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.

National congresses

Presidents

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