Socialist Group (French Senate)

The Socialist Group (French: Groupe socialiste, SOC) is a social-democratic parliamentary group representing the Socialist tradition in the French Senate.

History of the group under the Fifth Republic

Years	Workforce	+/−	%	Rank	Presidents of the group	Group status
2011	131	10	38 %	2nd	François Rebsamen (2011-present)	Majority Group
	141	Error creating thumbnail: sh: /usr/local/bin/rsvg-convert: not found 25	41 %	1st
2008	116	Error creating thumbnail: sh: /usr/local/bin/rsvg-convert: not found 19	34 %	2nd	Jean-Pierre Bel (2004-2011)	Opposition Group
2004	97	Error creating thumbnail: sh: /usr/local/bin/rsvg-convert: not found 14	29 %	2nd
2001	83	Error creating thumbnail: sh: /usr/local/bin/rsvg-convert: not found 5	26 %	2nd	Claude Estier (1988-2004)
1998	78	Error creating thumbnail: sh: /usr/local/bin/rsvg-convert: not found 3	24 %	2nd
1995	75	Error creating thumbnail: sh: /usr/local/bin/rsvg-convert: not found 5	23 %	2nd
1992	70	Error creating thumbnail: sh: /usr/local/bin/rsvg-convert: not found 4	22 %	2nd
1989	66	Error creating thumbnail: sh: /usr/local/bin/rsvg-convert: not found 2	21 %	3rd
1986	64	6	20 %	3rd	André Méric (1980-1988)
1983	70	Error creating thumbnail: sh: /usr/local/bin/rsvg-convert: not found 1	22 %	2nd
1980	69	Error creating thumbnail: sh: /usr/local/bin/rsvg-convert: not found 7	23 %	1st
1977	62	Error creating thumbnail: sh: /usr/local/bin/rsvg-convert: not found 11	21 %	1st	Marcel Champeix (1974-1980)
1974	51	Error creating thumbnail: sh: /usr/local/bin/rsvg-convert: not found 2	18 %	3rd
1971	49	3	17 %	2nd	Antoine Courrière (1959-1974)
1968	52	0	18 %	2nd
1965	52	0	19 %	2nd
1962	52	9	23 %	2nd
1959	61		20 %	3rd

External links

• Official website