 Metz Congress

The Metz Congress was the seventh national congress of the French Socialist Party ("Parti socialiste" or PS) which took place on 6, 7 and 8 April 1979.The debate was influenced by the failure to update the "Common Programme" with the French Communist Party ("Parti communiste français" or PCF), and the unexpected defeat of the "Union of Left" at the 1978 legislative election.