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Fabius ousted from party post

Jon Henley

PARIS: France's Socialists were in crisis on Monday after Laurent Fabius, the former Prime Minister, was unceremoniously ejected from the leadership for having broken the party line and championed the victorious "No" vote in last weekend's referendum on the Europen Union Constitution.

Mr Fabius, the Socialists' number two, and four of his chief lieutenants were ousted from the party's 20-strong national secretariat at a stormy six-hour meeting in a Paris hotel one week after 55 per cent of French voters rejected the Constitution.

Mr Fabius said after the meeting that he would ``remain true'' to his andtry to reunite the Socialist party and prepare for a victorious campaign'' in the 2007 elections.

The Socialists' national council voted by 167 to 118 in favour of the expulsions, with 18 abstentions. —

© Guardian Newspapers Limited 2004

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