Federation of the Democratic and Socialist Left

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Federation of the Democratic and Socialist Left
Abbreviation	FGDS
Leader	François Mitterrand
Founded	1965
Dissolved	1969
Succeeded by	Socialist Party
Ideology	Socialism Factions: Democratic socialism Radicalism Social liberalism Republicanism
Political position	Centre-left to left-wing[1]
Politics of France Political parties Elections

The Federation of the Democratic and Socialist Left (Fédération de la gauche démocrate et socialiste or FGDS) was a conglomerate of French left-wing non-Communist forces. It was founded to support François Mitterrand's candidature at the 1965 presidential election and to counterbalance the Communist preponderance over the French left.