The death of the French Socialists

La Voix du Luxemobourg sees the party conference of the French Socialists as the end of the party as we know it. "This party conference in Reims ... is the funeral of a political family that has been drowning in personal feuds since the death of François Mitterand. This party is difficult to understand. On the one hand it is capable of dealing the right a devastating blow in the most recent regional elections and scoring one victory after another in local elections. But at a national level it is unable to construct a plausible and efficient leadership. ... Yet this is not for lack of candidates. And precisely that is the problem. No matter what the outcome of the election of the party leader on Thursday (or Friday, if there's a second ballot) the final hour has come for the PS in its current configuration. But when all is said and done this is the best thing that could happen to it. This would be its only chance to reform and build up a left that really performs its opposition role."

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