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Union for a Popular Movement Union pour un mouvement populaire | |
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| President | Nicolas Sarkozy[1] |
| Vice President | Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet |
| General Secretary | Laurent Wauquiez |
| Founder | Jacques Chirac |
| Founded | 23 April 2002 |
| Dissolved | 30 May 2015 |
| Merger of | |
| Succeeded by | The Republicans |
| Headquarters | 238, rue de Vaugirard 75015 Paris Cedex 15 |
| Membership (2014) | 143,000[citation needed] |
| Ideology | Gaullism Conservatism Liberal conservatism Christian democracy |
| Political position | Centre-right to right-wing |
| European affiliation | European People's Party[2] |
| International affiliation | Centrist Democrat International[2] International Democracy Union[2] |
| European Parliament group | European People's Party |
| Colours | |
| Website | |
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The Union for a Popular Movement (French: Union pour un mouvement populaire [ynjɔ̃ puʁ œ̃ muvmɑ̃ pɔpylɛʁ]; UMP, French pronunciation: [y.ɛmpe]) was a liberal-conservative political party in France, largely inspired by the Gaullist tradition. During its existence, the UMP was one of the two major parties in French politics along with the Socialist Party (PS). The UMP was formed in 2002 as a merger of several centre-right parties under the leadership of President Jacques Chirac. In May 2015, the party was succeeded by The Republicans.[3][4]
Nicolas Sarkozy, then the president of the UMP, was elected President of France in the 2007 French presidential election, until he was later defeated by PS candidate François Hollande in the 2012 presidential election. After the November 2012 party congress, the UMP experienced internal fractioning and was plagued by monetary scandals which forced its president Jean-François Copé to resign. After Sarkozy's re-election as UMP president in November 2014, he put forward an amendment to change the name of the party to The Republicans, which was approved and came into effect on 30 May 2015.[3][4] The UMP enjoyed an absolute majority in the National Assembly from 2002 to 2012, and was a member of the European People's Party (EPP), the Centrist Democrat International (CDI) and the International Democracy Union (IDU).
- ^ "Sarkozy wins opposition UMP party vote". Al Jazeera English. 29 November 2014. Archived from the original on 30 November 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
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Nordsieckwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Bolton, Doug (30 May 2015). "Nicolas Sarkozy changes UMP party's name to The Republicans ahead of political comeback". The Independent. Archived from the original on 30 May 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
- ^ a b AFP (29 May 2015). "France's Sarkozy renames UMP party 'The Republicans'". Yahoo News. Archived from the original on 15 November 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.