Renovate Now is an organized caucus

Caucus

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 in 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...

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The faction was founded in 2005, when Arnaud Montebourg

Arnaud Montebourg

Arnaud Montebourg is a French politician, and a deputy of the fifth district of Saône-et-Loire to the French National Assembly for the Socialist Party. He has also been elected president of the local assembly of Saône et Loire after local elections in 2008...

 (a member of the NPS

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%...

 faction) refused to support the motion de synthèse at the Le Mans Congress

Le Mans Congress

The Le Mans Congress was the twenty-first national congress of the French Socialist Party . It took place from November 18 to 20, 2005....

 which marked the rallying of most of the NPS (Henri Emmanuelli

Henri Emmanuelli

Henri Emmanuelli is a French politician.A member of the Socialist Party , he has been deputy for Landes from 1978 to 1981, from 1986 to 1997 and since 2000.-Biography:...

, Vincent Peillon

Vincent Peillon

Vincent Benoît Camille Peillon is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the north-west of France...

 and Benoît Hamon

Benoît Hamon

Benoît Hamon is a French politician, member of the Socialist Party , part of the Party of European Socialists. He was Member of the European Parliament for the East of France from 2004 to 2009. He was national secretary for Europe in the French socialist party. At present, he is spokesman...

) to the majority motion led by 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...

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Montebourg supported eventual PS candidate Ségolène Royal

Ségolène Royal

Marie-Ségolène Royal , known as Ségolène Royal, is a French politician. She is the president of the Poitou-Charentes Regional Council, a former member of the National Assembly, a former government minister, and a prominent member of the French Socialist Party...

 during the Socialist presidential primaries in 2006, held before the French presidential election, 2007

French presidential election, 2007

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. However, Montebourg supported the motion led by eventual winner 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...

 at the Reims Congress

Reims Congress

The Reims Congress was the twenty-second national congress of the French Socialist Party , taking place from 14 to 16 November 2008 in the city of Reims in the Marne....

 in 2008.