The Young Socialists (French: Les Jeunes Socialistes), formerly named Movement of the Young Socialists (MJS), is the youth organisation of the Socialist Party of France.
MJS was founded in 1993 as a formally independent youth organisation. However, its statutes commit the MJS to be generally supportive of its mother party. After a peak of around 10,000 members after the 2006 youth protests in France,Prune Perromat: La génération anti-CPE attendue aux urnes de gauche in Libération, 22 April 2006. MJS had 5,321 members in November 2009.
MJS is member of the Young European Socialists (YES, formerly ECOSY) and International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY).
Internal organization In a biannual general assembly called Congrès National, all members of MJS come together to discuss and decide on general positions as well as concrete projects. There, the members also directly elect the president for a two-year period and appoint the members of the national office.
Of several political currents within the MJS, a coalition of the centrist "Transformer à Gauche" (Transform to the left) and the Marxist "Offensive socialiste" (Socialist Offensive) dominated the 2009 Congress of Grenoble, successfully nominating Laurianne Deniaud for president. A minority movement of "Jeunes Socialistes pour la renovation" (Young socialists for renewal) and "La Relève" (The Uprise) calling for organizational changes including more transparency and grassroots democracy couldn't prevail, neither could the civil libertarian wing.
National congresses 1993: Congress of Avignon 1995: Congress of Orléans 1998: Congress of Toulon 1999: Congress of Tours 2001: Congress of Lille 2003: Congress of Lamoura 2005: Congress of Paris 2007: Congress of Bordeaux 2009: Congress of Grenoble 2011: Congress of Strasbourg 2015: Congress of Lille 2018: Congress of Bondy 2023: Congress of Lille 2025: Congress of Nancy
Presidents 1993–1995: Benoît Hamon 1995–1997: Régis Juanico 1997–1999: 1999–2001: Gwenegan Bui 2001–2003: Charlotte Brun 2003–2005: David Lebon 2005–2007: Razzy Hammadi 2007–2009: 2009–2011: 2011–2013: Thierry Marchal-Beck 2013–2015: Laura Slimani 2015–2018: Benjamin Lucas-Lundy 2018–2018: Roxane Lundy 2018–2019: Collective leadership 2020–2025: Emma Rafowicz 2025–present: Rémi Boussemart
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