Socialist Union of Popular Forces

Socialist Union of Popular Forces
الاتحاد الاشتراكي للقوات الشعبية
ⵜⴰⵎⵓⵏⵜ ⵜⴰⵏⵎⵍⴰⵢⵜ ⵏⵉⵖⴰⵍⵍⵏ ⵉⴳⴷⵓⴷⴰⵏⵏ
Union Socialiste des Forces Populaires
First SecretaryDriss Lachgar
Founded12 January 1975 (1975-01-12)
Split fromNational Union of Popular Forces
HeadquartersRabat, Morocco
NewspaperAl Ittihad Al Ichtiraki (Arabic)
Libération (French)
IdeologySocial democracy
Political positionCentre-left
European affiliationParty of European Socialists (observer)
International affiliationSocialist International
Progressive Alliance
ColoursPurple, White
House of Representatives
37 / 395
House of Councillors
8 / 120
Pan-African Parliament
1 / 5
(Morocco seats)
Website
www.usfp.ma

The Socialist Union of Popular Forces (Arabic: الاتحاد الاشتراكي للقوات الشعبية, romanized: al-ittiḥād al-ištirāki lil quwāt aš-šaʿbīya; Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⵜⴰⵎⵓⵏⵜ ⵜⴰⵏⵎⵍⴰⵢⵜ ⵏⵉⵖⴰⵍⵍⵏ ⵉⴳⴷⵓⴷⴰⵏⵏ, romanized: tamunt tanmlayt niɣalln igdudann; French: Union Socialiste des Forces Populaires, USFP) is a social democratic political party in Morocco. It claims ideas of social justice, modernity and the fight against inequalities.