French Socialists are split about which direction to take following the internal clashes earlier this year over the party's position on the EU constitution.
The party is meeting for a summer gathering this weekend, which some reports say could lead to serious rifts in France's main opposition party, before its crucial conference in November.
Divisions among its members date back to the French referendum on the new EU treaty in late May.
Hard-left and anti-European socialist...
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