Nantes Congress
The Nantes Congress was the sixth national congress of the French Socialist Party (''Parti socialiste'' or PS). It took place from 17 to 18 June 1977, directly after the left's victory in the local elections. At the Congress, the more moderate François Mitterrand comprehensively defeated the left wing challenger Jean-Pierre Chevènement Jean-Pierre Chevènement (; born 9 March 1939L ...

Socialist Party (France)
The Socialist Party (french: Parti socialiste , PS) is a French centre-left and social-democratic political party. It holds pro-European views. The PS was for decades the largest party of the "French Left" and used to be one of the two major political parties in the French Fifth Republic, along with The Republicans. It replaced the earlier French Section of the Workers' International in 1969 and is currently led by First Secretary Olivier Faure. The PS is a member of the Party of European Socialists, Progressive Alliance and Socialist International. The PS first won power in 1981, when its candidate François Mitterrand was elected president of France in the 1981 presidential election. Under Mitterrand, the party achieved a governing majority in the National Assembly from 1981 to 1986 and again from 1988 to 1993. PS leader Lionel Jospin lost his bid to succeed Mitterrand as president in the 1995 presidential election against Rally for the Republic leader Jacques Chir ...
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1977 French Municipal Elections
Municipal elections were held in France on 13 and 20 March 1977. By 1977, President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing had been in power since 1974. The left-wing coalition of the Communists and Socialists, united under a "government program" swept the elections. Out of 221 cities with over 30,000 inhabitants, the left won 155. The Socialists gained Rennes, Angers, Brest, Nantes, Villeurbanne, Pau, and Cannes. The Communists gained Le Mans, Reims, and Saint-Étienne. For the first time, green parties realized their first breakthroughs. For the first time since 1789 French Revolution The French Revolution ( ) was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in November 1799. Many of its ideas are conside ..., elections were held to the mayorship of Paris. The former Prime Minister and RPR candidate Jacques Chirac was elected, defeating the Giscardian RI ca ...
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François Mitterrand
François Marie Adrien Maurice Mitterrand (26 October 19168 January 1996) was President of France, serving under that position from 1981 to 1995, the longest time in office in the history of France. As First Secretary of the Socialist Party, he was the first left-wing politician to assume the presidency under the Fifth Republic. Reflecting family influences, Mitterrand started political life on the Catholic nationalist right. He served under the Vichy regime during its earlier years. Subsequently he joined the Resistance, moved to the left, and held ministerial office several times under the Fourth Republic. Mitterrand opposed Charles de Gaulle's establishment of the Fifth Republic. Although at times a politically isolated figure, he outmanoeuvered rivals to become the left's standard bearer in the 1965 and 1974 presidential elections, before being elected president in the 1981 presidential election. He was re-elected in 1988 and remained in office until 1995. Mitterrand ...
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Jean-Pierre Chevènement
Jean-Pierre Chevènement (; born 9 March 1939List of Senators re-elected in 2008
(PDF file), Senate website .) is a French politician who served as a minister in the 1980s and 1990s best known for his candidacy in the . After serving as of , he was elected to the

Congresses Of The Socialist Party (France)
A congress is a formal meeting of the representatives of different countries, constituent states, organizations, trade unions, political parties, or other groups. The term originated in Late Middle English to denote an encounter (meeting of adversaries) during battle, from the Latin '' congressus''. Political congresses International relations The following congresses were formal meetings of representatives of different nations: *The Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668), which ended the War of Devolution *The Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748), which ended the War of the Austrian Succession *The Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle (1818) *The Congress of Berlin (1878), which settled the Eastern Question after the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) *The Congress of Gniezno (1000) *The Congress of Laibach (1821) *The Congress of Panama, an 1826 meeting organized by Simón Bolívar *The Congress of Paris (1856), which ended the Crimean War *The Congress of Troppau (1820) *The Congress o ...
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1977 In France
Events from the year 1977 in France. Incumbents * President: Valéry Giscard d'Estaing * Prime Minister: Raymond Barre Events *13 March – Municipal Elections held. *20 March – Municipal Elections held. *27 June – Djibouti receives its independence from France. *10 September – Hamida Djandoubi's is the last guillotine execution in France (at Marseille) and the last legal beheading in the Western world. *7 December – Launch of the Simca Horizon, a five-door medium-sized hatchback which will also be built in Britain as a Chrysler and the US as a Plymouth and Dodge. It replaces the Simca 1100 in France, and runs alongside the Chrysler Avenger saloon and estate in Britain. Arts and literature *31 January – Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris officially opened. *7 May – Marie Myriam wins the Eurovision Song Contest 1977 for France with her song "''L'oiseau et l'enfant''" ("The Bird and the Child"). Sport *30 June – Tour de France begins. *24 July – Tour de France e ...
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1977 In Politics
Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). * January 17 ** 49 marines from the and are killed as a result of a collision in Barcelona harbour, Spain. * January 18 ** Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease. ** Australia's worst railway disaster at Granville, a suburb of Sydney, leaves 83 people dead. ** SFR Yugoslavia Prime minister Džemal Bijedić, his wife and 6 others are killed in a plane crash in Bosnia and Herzegovina. * January 19 – An Ejército del Aire CASA C-207C Azor (registration T.7-15) plane crashes into the side of a mountain near Chiva, on approach to Valencia Airport in Spain, killing all 11 people on board. * January 20 – Jimmy Carter is sworn in as the 39th Pres ...
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