Union of Socialist Groups and Clubs

The Union of Socialist Groups and Clubs (french: Union des groupes et clubs socialistes, UGCS) was a

socialist Socialism is a left-wing economic philosophy and movement encompassing a range of economic systems characterized by the dominance of social ownership of the means of production as opposed to private ownership. As a term, it describes the ...

club in

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led by

Jean Poperen Jean Poperen (9 January 1925 in Angers – 23 August 1997) was a French politician. Poperen joined the Communist Party (PCF) at 18, and was also a member of the Union of Communist Students. He left the PCF after the Hungarian Revolution of 195 ...

after he was expelled from the Unified Socialist Party. The UGCS joined the

Federation of the Democratic and Socialist Left The Federation of the Democratic and Socialist Left (''Fédération de la gauche démocrate et socialiste'' or FGDS) was a conglomerate of French left-wing non-Communist forces. It was founded to support François Mitterrand's candidature at the ...

before merging into the new PS at the

Issy-les-Moulineaux Congress The Issy-les-Moulineaux Congress was the second national congress of the French Socialist Party (''Parti socialiste'' or PS). It took place on July 11 to 13, 1969. This marked the transformation of the old French Section of the Workers' Internatio ...

. {{SFIO Political parties of the French Fifth Republic Political parties established in 1967 Political parties disestablished in 1969 Socialist Party (France)