French Socialist Party (1902)

French Socialist Party
Parti socialiste français
LeaderJean Jaurès
Founded1902; 122 years ago (1902)
Dissolved25 April 1905; 119 years ago (1905-04-25)
Merger ofFederation of the Socialist Workers of France
Revolutionary Socialist Workers' Party
Merged intoFrench Section of the Workers' International
HeadquartersParis, France
NewspaperL'Humanité
IdeologySocialism
Possibilism
Political positionLeft-wing
Colours  Red

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

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.

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