b) Socialist Party (PS)

- date of establishment: 1905. But the Socialist Party replaced the earlier French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) in 1969.

- party leader: Bruno Le Roux (speaker in the assembly) / Didier Guillaume (speaker in senate)

- party organization: They have really wide organization and a lot of secretaries. So here are some examples of them;

National Deputy Secretary for Elections

National Secretary production / distribution of wealth

National Secretary for Education and Training

National Deputy Secretary of Transportation

National Deputy Secretary of the Social and Solidarity Economy

National Secretary for Europe

National Secretary of Justice, and freedom

National Secretary of secularism and institutions

National secretary for industrial policy

National Secretary of Public Security

Etc…

- political program: Based on Social Democracy or Democratik Socialism, and its staying on Central-Left. Also their topics: Economy, Freedom, Family, Sports, Health, State reform and Decentralization, Un/Employment, Justice, Security, Education and Improving Europe etc.

- structure of the electorate (who votes for this party?): Left-wing Christians, Workers, some

part of Immigrants, Lesbians n gays.

- seats:

* NATIONAL ASSEMBLY: 280/577

* SENATE: 128/348

* EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: 12/74

* REGIONAL COUNCILS: 538/1,880

c) Other Left Parties;

Citizen and Republican Movement /seats: 3/

Federation for a social and ecologist alternative /seats: 2/

French Communist Party /seats: 7/

Left Party /seat: 1/

New Deal (Political party of France) /seat: 1/