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Parti de Gauche (Political party, France)

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Flag of PG - Image by Ivan Sache, 26 March 2009

Presentation of PG
Flag of PG

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Presentation of PG

Parti de Gauche (PG, Party of the Left) was founded on 1 February 2009 by the senator Jean-Luc Mélenchon and the representative Marc Dolez as a splinter of the Parti Socialiste (PS).
Mélenchon and Dolez were the leaders of the two leftist courants (trends) of the PS called "Trait d'union" and "Forces militantes", respectively. The stormy congress of the PS held at Reims in November 2008 caused a scission in the party, which was aggravated by the controversial election of Martine Aubry as the First Secretary of the Party. The two founders of the PG left the PS on 7 November, following the controversial results of the militants' votes to select the dominant courant of the party. On 12 November 2008, they announced the foundation of a new leftist party on the model of the German party "Die Linke". Oskar Lafontaine, co-chairman of Die Linke, attended the founding meeting of the PG, held on 29 November at l'Île-Saint- Denis. The formal, founding congress of the PG was held on 31 January and 1 February 2009 at Limeil-Brévannes.

The PG has been rallied by most members of the former courants led by Mélenchon and Dolez, respectively, including senators, representatives, regional and general councillors, and mayors. The small Mouvement de la Gauche Progressiste, founded in Le Mans by the former Mayor Robert Jarry in 1989, and the MARS-Gauche Républicaine, founded in 2007 by Éric Coquerel, asked their members to join the PG, too.
Since its foundation, the PG has started discussion with the other leftist parties opposed to the PS to present united lists in the next European elections. As of today, they have set up the Front de Gauche in an alliance with the French Communist Party (PCF).

Ivan Sache, 26 March 2009

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The flag of the PG, seen in street demonstration, reproduces the party's logo, that is the name of the party written in white letters on a red field.

Ivan Sache, 26 March 2009