Young Socialist Movement

Movement of the Young Socialists Mouvement des Jeunes Socialistes
President	Laurianne Deniaud
Founded	1993 (1993)
Headquarters	Paris, France
Ideology	Social democracy, Democratic socialism
Mother party	Socialist Party (France)
International affiliation	International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY)
European affiliation	Young European Socialists (ECOSY)
Magazine	(ISSN [1])
Website	jeunes-socialistes.fr

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

MJS was founded in 1993 as a formally independent youth organization. However its statutes commit the MJS to be generally supportive to its mother party. After a peak of around 10.000 members after the 2006 youth protests in France^[1], MJS currently counts 5321 members (November 2009).^[2]

MJS is member of Young European Socialists (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

• 1993: Congress of Avignon
• 1995: Congress of Orléans
• 1998: Congress of Toulon
• 1999: Congress of Tours
• 2001: Congress of Lille
• 2003: Congress of Lamoura
• 2005: Congress of Paris
• 2007: Congress of Bordeaux
• 2009: Congress of Grenoble

Presidents

• 1993-1995: Benoît Hamon
• 1995-1997: Régis Juanico
• 1997-1999: Hugues Nancy
• 1999-2001: Gwenegan Bui
• 2001-2003: Charlotte Brun
• 2003-2005: David Lebon
• 2005-2007: Razzy Hammadi
• 2007-2009: Antoine Détourné
• since 2009: Laurianne Deniaud

References

1. ^ Prune Perromat: “La génération anti-CPE attendue aux urnes de gauche” in Libération, 22 april 2006.
2. ^ Résultats définitifs du congrès

External links

• Official homepage of Jeunes Socialistes (French)