Aubryists is the name given to supporters of the First Secretary of the French Socialist Party

Socialist Party (France)

The Socialist Party is a social-democratic political party in France and the largest party of the French centre-left. It is one of the two major contemporary political parties in France, along with the center-right Union for a Popular Movement...

, Martine Aubry

Martine Aubry

Martine Aubry is a French politician. She has been the First Secretary of the French Socialist Party since November 2008 and Mayor of Lille since March 2001...

. It is also known as the Réformer club.

Notable Aubryists include François Lamy

François Lamy

François Lamy was a French Benedictine ascetical and apologetic writer, of the Congregation of St-Maur.-Life:Lamy was born at Montireau in the Department of Eure-et-Loir. While fighting a duel, he was saved from a fatal sword-thrust by a book of the Rule of St. Benedict which he carried in his...

, Marylise Lebranchu

Marylise Lebranchu

Marylise Lebranchu is a member of the National Assembly of France. She represents the Finistère department, and is a member of the Socialist Party and of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche parliamentary group.-References:...

, Paulette Guinchard-Kunstler, and Adeline Hazan

Adeline Hazan

Adeline Hazan is a French politician, Member of the European Parliament for the east of France, and mayor of Reims since March 2008....

.

Historically, the Aubryist faction is descended from the faction of the New Left

New Left (France)

New Left was an organized caucus in the French Socialist Party.The New Left was founded in 1993 by Benoît Hamon and Jean-Patrick Gille within the PS' youth movement, the MJS. It was considered close to Michel Rocard and often cited to be the Christian left of the party...

 which did not join the New Socialist Party

New Socialist Party (France)

New Socialist Party is an organized caucus in the French Socialist Party. The NPS made up part of the left wing of the party.The NPS was founded in October 2002 by Arnaud Montebourg, Vincent Peillon, Julien Dray and Benoît Hamon.At the Dijon Congress in 2003, the NPS motion obtained 16.88%...

. The Aubryists supported François Hollande

François Hollande

François Gérard Georges Hollande is a French politician. From 1997 to 2008, he was the First Secretary of the French Socialist Party. He has also served as a Deputy of the National Assembly of France, representing the first constituency of Corrèze, since 1997. He previously represented that seat...

's leadership.

Aubryists are generally part of the party's left-wing, though many are known as Christian socialists

Christian left

The Christian left is a term originating in the United States, used to describe a spectrum of left-wing Christian political and social movements which largely embraces social justice....

.

In 2011, after the announcement of her candidacy

Martine Aubry presidential campaign, 2012

First Secretary of the Socialist Party Martine Aubry began a campaign for the Socialist Party and Radical Party of Left presidential primary, 2011 for President of France in June 2011. Aubry announced she was running for president during a meeting in former train station of Lille-Saint-Sauveur held...

 to the primaries

French Socialist Party presidential primary, 2011

The 2011 French Socialist Party presidential primary was the first open primary of the French Socialist Party and Radical Party of the Left for selecting their candidate for the 2012 presidential election. The filing deadline for primary nomination papers was fixed at 13 July 2011 and six...

, the number of Aubryists grow strongly.