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Union for a popular movement

Union for a Popular Movement
Union pour un mouvement populaire
President Nicolas Sarkozy
Vice President Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet
General Secretary Laurent Wauquiez
Founded 17 November 2002 (2002-11-17)
Dissolved 30 May 2015 (2015-05-30)
Merger of RPR, DL, PPDF
Succeeded by The Republicans
Headquarters 238, rue de Vaugirard 75015 Paris Cedex 15
Membership  (2014) 143,000
Ideology Gaullism
Conservatism
Liberal conservatism
Christian democracy
Political position Centre-right
European affiliation European People's Party
International affiliation Centrist Democrat International,
International Democrat Union
European Parliament group European People's Party
Colours              Blue, white, red
Website
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 May 2015. 

The Union for a Popular Movement (French: Union pour un mouvement populaire French pronunciation: ​[y.njɔ̃.pu.ʁœ̃.muv.mɑ̃.pɔ.pyˈlɛʁ]; UMP French pronunciation: ​[y.ɛmˈpe]) was a centre-rightpolitical party in France that was one of the two major contemporary political parties in France along with the centre-left 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 renamed and succeeded by the Republicans (Les Républicains).

Nicolas Sarkozy, then the president of the UMP, was elected President of France in the 2007 presidential election, but was defeated by PS candidate François Hollande in a run-off five years later. 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 his re-election as UMP president in November 2014, Sarkozy put forward an amendment to change the name of the party into The Republicans, which was approved and came into effect on 30 May 2015.

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 Democrat Union (IDU).


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