Communist Group (French Senate)

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The Communist, Republican, Citizen, and Senators of the Left Party Group is a French parliamentary group, one of six in the French Senate.^[1] In November 2008, Jean-Luc Mélenchon left the Socialist Party and formed the Left Party. Upon his joining the CRC group, it took its present name.

Leadership

The President of the group is Nicole Borvo.

Current members

Éliane Assassi (Seine-Saint-Denis) - PCF
Marie-France Beaufils (Indre-et-Loire) - PCF
Michel Billout (Seine-et-Marne) - PCF
Éric Bocquet (Nord) - PCF
Jean-Pierre Bosino (Oise) - PCF
Laurence Cohen (Val-de-Marne) - PCF
Cécile Cukierman (Loire) - PCF
Annie David (Isère) - PCF
Michelle Demessine (Nord) - PCF
Évelyne Didier (Meurthe-et-Moselle) - PCF
Christian Favier (Val-de-Marne) - PCF
Thierry Foucaud (Seine-Maritime) - PCF
Brigitte Gonthier-Maurin (Hauts-de-Seine) - PCF
Pierre Laurent (Paris) - PCF
Christine Prunaud (Côtes-d'Armor) - PCF
Michel Le Scouarnec (Morbihan) - PCF
Paul Vergès (Réunion) - PCR
Dominique Watrin (Pas-de-Calais) - PCF

History of the group under the Fifth Republic

Years	Number of Senators	+/−	Presidents of the group	Group status
2014	18	3	Éliane Assassi (2012-present)	Opposition Group
2011	21	2	Nicole Borvo (2001-2012)	Minority Group
2008	23	0		Opposition Group
2004	23	0
2001	23	6
1998	16	1
1995	15	0
1992	15	1
1989	16	1
1986	15	9
1983	24	1
1980	23	0
1977	23	3
1974	20	2
1971	18	0
1968	18	4
1965	14	0
1962	14	0
1959	14

Groups in the Senate of France

Current	Union for a Popular Movement (143) Socialist (112) Union of Democrats and Independents - UC (43) Communist, Republican and Citizen (18) European Democratic and Social Rally (13) Europe Ecology – The Greens (10) Administrative Meeting for Senators not on the list of another Group (9)

Historic	Independent Republicans Rally for the Republic Union for the New Republic Union of Democrats for the Republic Democratic Left Centrist Union of Progressive Democrats

References

↑ http://www.senat.fr/listes/grp.html

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