French Socialist Party (1902)

Not to be confused with Socialist Party of France (1902), Socialist Party of France – Jean Jaurès Union, or Socialist Party (France).

The French Socialist Party (French: Parti socialiste français, PSF) was a socialist political party founded in 1902.^[1]

French Socialist Party Parti socialiste français
Leader	Jean Jaurès
Founded	1902; 122 years ago (1902)
Dissolved	25 April 1905; 119 years ago (1905-04-25)
Merger of	Federation of the Socialist Workers of France Revolutionary Socialist Workers' Party
Merged into	French Section of the Workers' International
Headquarters	Paris, France
Newspaper	L'Humanité
Ideology	Socialism Possibilism
Political position	Left-wing
Colours	Red
Politics of France Political parties Elections

The PSF came from the merger of the possibilist Federation of the Socialist Workers of France (FTSF), Jean Allemane's Revolutionary Socialist Workers' Party (POSR) and some independent socialist politicians like Jean Jaurès, who went on to become the party leader.^[2] Unlike the Socialist Party of France led by Jules Guesde, the PSF supported the principle of the alliance with the non-socialist left in the Bloc des gauches.

Under pressure from the Second International, the two parties merged into the French Section of the Workers' International in 1905.

References

1. Oiva, Mila; Salmi, Hannu; Johnson, Bruce (2021-04-29). Yves Montand in the USSR: Cultural Diplomacy and Mixed Messages. Springer Nature. p. 53. ISBN 978-3-030-69048-9.
2. Testa, David W. Del (2014-01-27). Government Leaders, Military Rulers and Political Activists. Routledge. pp. 92, 209. ISBN 978-1-135-97566-1.