Second left (French political current)

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French political current social-democratic current

The Second Left is a French social-democratic and reformist political current associated with Michel Rocard that emphasized decentralization, pragmatism, and a break from traditional Marxist orthodoxy within the left.

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Second left (French political current) canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French political current ⓘ social-democratic current ⓘ
activeInPeriod	late 20th century ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Deuxième gauche ⓘ
associatedWith	Michel Rocard ⓘ Unified Socialist Party (France) ⓘ surface form: PSU (Parti socialiste unifié) Socialist Party (France) ⓘ surface form: Parti socialiste (France)
breaksWith	Leninist concept of the party ⓘ vanguard party model ⓘ
characterizedBy	emphasis on civil society actors ⓘ preference for coalition politics ⓘ rejection of class struggle as sole political framework ⓘ search for compromise between market and state ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
emergedIn	1970s ⓘ
emphasis	decentralization ⓘ local democracy ⓘ negotiated compromise ⓘ participatory democracy ⓘ pragmatism ⓘ reform over revolution ⓘ social dialogue ⓘ
hasKeyFigure	Edmond Maire NERFINISHED ⓘ Jacques Delors ⓘ Michel Rocard ⓘ Patrick Viveret ⓘ
ideology	anti-Marxist left ⓘ autogestion (self‑management) ⓘ reformism ⓘ social democracy ⓘ
influenced	French Socialist Party internal debates ⓘ French centre-left governance style ⓘ French decentralization policies ⓘ
influencedBy	Michel Rocard ⓘ
languageOfName	French ⓘ
opposedTo	Jacobin centralism ⓘ traditional Marxist orthodoxy ⓘ
partOf	French left ⓘ
politicalPosition	centre-left ⓘ
relatedTo	CFDT (French Democratic Confederation of Labour) ⓘ self-management movement in France ⓘ
supports	European integration ⓘ mixed economy ⓘ social market economy ⓘ welfare state reform ⓘ

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Michel Rocard → movement → Second left (French political current) ⓘ