Brussels, 28/06/2002 (Agence Europe) - Gérard Caudron, MEP, has just had to leave the PES group which now has only 175 members. In a press release, the French Socialist delegation, chaired by Pervenche Berès, consider that "by leaving the Socialist Party on the eve of presidential elections (Ed.: As we pointed out at the end of last year, Mr Caudron left the PS on 3 December 2001), to put himself forward against the Socialist Party candidate in the 2nd Nord constituency, Gérard Caudron...