===2007 elections and their aftermath===For the 2007 presidential election, many potential candidates appeared: François Hollande, Laurent Fabius (from the left-wing of the party), Dominique Strauss-Kahn (who claimed to represent "social democracy"), Jack Lang, Martine Aubry and Ségolène Royal, who was favoured according to the polls.
Novembra 2005 so bile na kongresu v Le Mansu navzoče tri glavne skupine.