 Epinay Congress

The Epinay Congress was the third national congress of the French Socialist Party ("Parti socialiste" or PS), which took place on 11, 12 and 13 June 1971, in the town of Épinay-sur-Seine, in the northern suburbs of Paris.During this congress, not only did the party admit the Convention of Republican Institutions ("Convention des institutions républicaines" or CIR, a federation of left-wing republican groups led by François Mitterrand) into its ranks, but the party leadership was also won by Mitterrand and his supporters.