Renovate Now (french: Rénover maintenant) is an organized
caucus in the French
Socialist Party
Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of t ...
.
The faction was founded in 2005, when
Arnaud Montebourg
Arnaud Montebourg (; born 30 October 1962) is a French politician, lawyer and entrepreneur who served as the Minister of Industrial Renewal from 2012 to 2014,[NPS
NPS may refer to:
Organizations
* National Park Service, U.S.
* National Pension System, India
* National Pension Service, Korea
* National Phobics Society, UK charity
* National Piers Society, UK charity
* National Poetry Slam, competition
* N ...]
faction) refused to support the ''motion de synthèse'' at the
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 Frenc ...
which marked the rallying of most of the NPS (
Henri Emmanuelli
Henri Emmanuelli (31 May 1945 – 21 March 2017) was a French politician. A member of the French Socialist Party, he was deputy for Landes from 1978 to 1981, from 1986 to 1997, and from 2000 to 2017.
Early life and career
Emmanuelli was born ...
,
Vincent Peillon and
Benoît Hamon
Benoît Hamon (; born 26 June 1967) is a French politician known for his former role within the Socialist Party (PS) and Party of European Socialists (PES) and his political party Génération.s.
Hamon joined the Socialist Party in 1988 and ...
) to the majority motion led by
François Hollande.
Montebourg supported eventual PS candidate
Ségolène Royal
Marie-Ségolène Royal (; born 22 September 1953) is a French politician who was the Socialist Party candidate for the Presidency of France in the 2007 election.
Royal was president of the Poitou-Charentes Regional Council from 2004 to 201 ...
during the Socialist presidential primaries in 2006, held before the
2007 French presidential election. However, Montebourg supported the motion led by eventual winner
Martine Aubry
Martine Louise Marie Aubry (; née Delors; born 8 August 1950) is a French politician. She was the First Secretary of the French Socialist Party (''Parti Socialiste'', or PS) from November 2008 to April 2012, and has been the Mayor (France), Mayo ...
at the
Reims Congress
The Reims Congress was the twenty-second national congress of the French Socialist Party (''Parti socialiste'' or PS), taking place from 14 to 16 November 2008 in the city of Reims in the Marne.
Incumbent First Secretary François Hollande announ ...
in 2008.
Factions of the Socialist Party (France)
Political party factions in France
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