For those who are interested in the details of the French Socialist Party following my last post, the three main factions are:

• Socialistes pour Reussir à Gauche (supporting the motion drafted by Party First Secretary Francois Hollande, supported by Straus-Kahn, Royal, Lang, Aubry, Guigou and most of the other leading figures) whose motion obtained 54%. This motion supports a return in due course to the institutional issues in the draft treaty, meanwhile continuing to negotiate with Turkey, strengthening beneficial EU policies, strengthening the EP and working closely with other PES parties.
• The Nouveau Party Socialiste (NPS), not the equivalent of New Labour but a far-left grouping around Henri Emannuelli, Vincent Peillon and Arnaud Montebourg, [who actually said “Nul ne peut douter du patriotisme de parti du NPS, qui a montré plus que d'autres qu'il savait respecter les choix collectifs qui nous engagent”, which must rank pretty high in the stakes of hypocrisy as they campaigned against the party on the European Constitution], whose motion obtained 23% of the vote. It is strongly anti-globalisation, strongly against the EU as it is now but in favour of building a “European Republic” with an avant-garde group of countries and domestically calls for a new Sixth Republic by cutting Presidential powers in France.
• Rassembler à Gauche (around Mélanchon, Vidalies, Quilès and above all Laurent Fabius, a former Prime Minister on the right wing but who tried to make an opportunistic alliance with the far-left to boost his chances for the presidential nomination) which obtained 21%. Their resolution opposes a “liberal” Europe, calls for a new European Social Treaty, a moratorium on EU enlargement, a reform of the European Central Bank to limit its autonomy and a constituent Assembly to draft a new “short and clear” European Constitution.

There are also two smaller factions, with just over 1% each.