Toulouse Congress, 2012

Not to be confused with Toulouse Congress, 1985.

The Second Toulouse Congress was the seventy-sixth national congress of the French Socialist Party (Parti socialiste or PS), the congress was held from October 26 to 28, 2012, in the city of Toulouse in the Haute-Garonne.

Socialist Party (France) leadership election

18 October 2012 (2012-10-18)

Candidate Harlem Désir Emmanuel Maurel Party PS PS Percentage 72% 28%

First Secretary before election Harlem Désir (Interim) Elected First Secretary Harlem Désir

First Secretary Martine Aubry announced that she would not run for a second term. The National Secretary for Coordination Harlem Désir became the next party leader.

Motions

Five motions were voted upon by members:

• Motion 1: "Mobilise the French People for a Successful Change" (Mobiliser les Français pour réussir le changement): Led by Harlem Désir and supported by Martine Aubry, Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, all socialist members of the Cabinet and a majority of MPs.
• Motion 2: "Matter of Principle" (Question de principes): Led by Juliette Méadel and endorsed by Gaëtan Gorce.
• Motion 3: "Now the Left" (Maintenant la gauche): Led by Emmanuel Maurel and supported by Marie-Noëlle Lienemann, Gérard Filoche, Jérôme Guedj and the Utopia movement.
• Motion 4: "Dare. Further. Faster" (Oser. Plus loin. Plus vite): Led by Stéphane Hessel and supported by Pierre Larrouturou.
• Motion 5: "Toulouse, my Congress" (Toulouse, mon congrès): Motion led by Constance Blanchard.

Results of the Motions vote

Popular vote Motion 1 (Désir)   68.2% Motion 3 (Maurel)   13.4% Motion 4 (Hessel)   11.9% Motion 2 (Méadel)   5.2% Motion 5 (Blanchard)   1.4%

Election of the First Secretary

Popular vote Harlem Désir (Big tent)   71.9% Emmanuel Maurel (Left-wing)   28.1%

On October 12, 2012, Emmanuel Maurel confirmed that he would be a candidate for the Party Leadership. He lost to Harlem Désir.