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	Union for a Popular Movement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Union for a Popular Movement (Union pour un Mouvement Populaire), initially named the Union for the Presidential Majority (Union pour la Majorité Présidentielle), and more usually known from its French acronym as simply the UMP, is the main French conservative political party of the right-wing.
		It was founded in 2002 from the merger of the Rally for the Republic (Rassemblement pour la République, or RPR), Démocratie Libérale, and a sizeable portion of the Union for French Democracy (Union pour la Démocratie Française, better known as the UDF).
		As of 2006, Sarkozy is one of the leading contenders in the 2007 presidential election race.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Union_pour_un_mouvement_populaire (405 words)

	Union for French Democracy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1988, the former centrist Prime minister Raymond Barre was candidate at the presidential election.
		Similarly, the social policies ranged from the conservatism of the likes of Christine Boutin, famously opposed to civil unions for homosexuals, to more liberal policies she was excluded from the UDF because of her strongly conservatism and based in March, 2001 the FRS ("Forum des républicans sociaux") social conservatism which is affiliated to the UMP.
		Many leaders of UDF left it to join the Union for a Presidential Majority (Union pour la Majorité Présidentielle), supporting Jacques Chirac, after it was founded in 2002, leaving the UDF leader François Bayrou somewhat isolated.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Union_for_French_Democracy (1017 words)

	Polity IV Country Report 2003: Djibouti (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The subsequent presidential election, won by Aptidon, was plagued by widespread opposition boycotts and credible reports of fraud.
		While none of the major parties boycotted the polls or challenged the results, these results were not confirmed by an independent electoral commission.
		Historically the relationship between the majority Issa population (who are of Somali origin) and the minority Afar community (who are of Ethiopian descent) has alternated between periods of political accommodation and intolerance.
	www.cidcm.umd.edu /inscr/polity/Dji1.htm (702 words)

	Union for A Popular Movement - dKosopedia
		French Major Right-wing Party founded in 2002 as a merger of the three main right-wing parties of the time, to support Chirac's presidential bid.
		As the 2002 presidential election was looming with a reelection bid by Chirac, major right-wing figures - inspired by Chirac himself - decided to use the momentum to merge the three main parties of the right (RPR - gaullist ; UDF - centrist ; DL - freemarket oriented party) in one big one.
		His overwhelming election as president of the party tend to indicate though he will be the UMP's presidential candidate in 2007, unless Chirac runs again, which seems unlikely after the NO to the European Constitution that largely discredited him.
	www.dkosopedia.com /wiki/Union_for_A_Popular_Movement (637 words)

	France (10/04)
		Political parties: Union for a Popular Majority (UMP) [a new coalition of center-right parties, among which are Rally for the Republic (Gaullists/conservatives) and Liberal Democracy]; Union for French Democracy (a center-right conglomerate of smaller parties); Socialist Party; Communist Party; National Front; Greens; various minor parties.
		Presidential arbitration assures regular functioning of the public powers and the continuity of the state.
		France is an active participant in the major supplier regimes designed to restrict transfer of technologies that could lead to proliferation of weapons of mass destruction: the Nuclear Suppliers Group, the Australia Group (for chemical and biological weapons), the Non-Proliferation Treaty, and the Missile Technology Control Regime.
	www.state.gov /outofdate/bgn/f/40587.htm (4265 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| International \| Victory to the right (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The second round of the parliamentary elections was the fourth set of elections in France in less than two months, all of which had been marked by unprecedented rates of abstention, as well as the rejection of the established parties and wildly swinging approval rates for President Chirac and for the centre-right.
		At the first round of the presidential elections, Chirac gained only 19.88 per cent of the vote, only a few per cent ahead of the formerly marginal FN candidate and the lowest approval rating ever scored by an incumbent president.
		French commentators are stressing, however, that things will not be all plain sailing for the new government, largely because of the size of its majority, the lack of coherent opposition from a shattered left and the fact that the right now controls both parliament and presidency.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /2002/591/in6.htm (956 words)

	Union for a Popular Movement - Gurupedia
		The Union for a Popular Movement, initially named the Union for a Presidential Majority, and in both cases also known by its French acronym UMP (Union pour un Mouvement Populaire and Union pour la Majorité Présidentielle, respectively) is a French right-wing political party.
		It was founded in 2002 from the merger of the Rally for the Republic (Rassemblement pour la République), Démocratie Libérale, and a sizeable portion of the
		It is conservative and a member of the International Democrat Union.
	www.gurupedia.com /u/um/ump.htm (218 words)

	History of France (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		However, during the legislative elections of 1997, the left won a majority in the Assembly, and Juppé was subsequently replaced by Socialist Lionel Jospin.
		As expected, in the second round of the presidential election on May 5th, 2002, Jacques Chirac comfortably defeated Jean-Marie Le Pen, a veteran leader of the far-right National Front.
		The center-right coalition party led by both Chirac and a resurgent Juppé--Union for a Presidential Majority (UMP)--won 399 out of 577 seats in the National Assembly, thereby securing for Chirac and his party a majority in the government.
	www.historyofnations.net /europe/france.html (1990 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| International \| France turns right
		Thereafter, a simple majority is enough for one of them to be elected.
		The PCF, which has 35 seats in the current parliament and was a coalition partner in Lionel Jospin's "plural left" government, is expected to be reduced to between eight and 17, fewer than the 20 seats minimum required to constitute a parliamentary grouping.
		This translates into putting an emphasis on "three major objectives: affirming the republican authority; relaunching social dialogue; and freeing the creative forces" in French society.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /2002/590/in6.htm (947 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Chirac Given Majority in French Parliament
		The vote also saw the largest abstention rate in recent history for a French legislative election, with an estimated 38.5 percent of voters deciding not to go to the polls, according to the Sofres polling organization.
		The results reflect voters' clear rejection of the power-sharing arrangement of the past five years, with the president and the majority of Parliament from different parties.
		And if the new majority tries to pass laws to implement Chirac's campaign pledges, the other question is how the government will finance his costly promises.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A61369-2002Jun16?language=printer (778 words)

	RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY
		This month, a newly created umbrella group called the Union for a Presidential Majority (UMP), won a strong conservative victory in the legislative elections (9 and 16 June).
		The RPR has since been incorporated into the new Union for a Presidential Majority -- which, having outlived its electoral usefulness, will in turn probably adopt a new name at a congress in the Autumn.
		But whatever its new designation, the presidential majority will have to deal over the next five years with problems that France shares with the United States: immigration, economic growth, tax reform, cuts in government spending, and the overhaul of a costly farm subsidy system.
	www.rferl.org /features/2002/06/27062002162929.asp (1181 words)

	Middle East Online
		Results of Djibouti's first truly multiparty elections on Friday, released Saturday by the interior ministry, said the ruling coalition, which stood under the umbrella of the Union for a Presidential Majority (UMP), had retained all the seats.
		Ahmed Dini, the leader of the Union for a Democratic Alternative (UAD), an alliance of four parties, called on his supporters to attend a meeting in Djibouti city on Monday to protest the alleged fraud.
		The interior ministry figures gave the UMP 62.7 percent of the national vote and a majority in all five constituencies.
	www.middle-east-online.com /english/?id=3970 (585 words)

	CNN.com - Chirac appeal to voters ahead of poll - June 6, 2002
		But a record abstention rate -- 28 percent -- in the first round of the presidential vote was among the factors that helped Le Pen move to the final round in the presidential vote.
		Chirac has said he will exclude any politician that worked with the National Front from his Union for a Presidential Majority movement and from the broader majority he hopes the centre-right will win.
		Chirac was handicapped during the presidential race by allegations linking his to party financing kickback schemes while he served as Paris mayor, from 1977-95.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/europe/06/06/france.elex (418 words)

	Pravda.RU:France joins the band-wagon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		One thing is certain - the French people learnt their lesson in the presidential elections which saw the right-wing extremist Jean-Marie Le Pen swept into second place and the second round, which in the event saw Jacques Chirac re-elected with 80% of the vote on may 5th.
		The other 40% stayed at home, constituting a record abstention rate after two rounds of presidential elections and a first round of parliamentary elections on 9th June, all without any clearly defined political messages.
		The result of Chirac's plea is clear: his Union for a Presidential Majority (UMP) has gained 375 seats in parliament, which gives him a working majority over the 202 members added up from the other political parties (27 from the centre-right UDF, 152 from the PSF, French Socialists, 3 Green Party and 20 PCF, Communists).
	newsfromrussia.com /main/2002/06/18/30527_.html (367 words)

	France (02/03)
		This right-left "cohabitation" arrangement, which ended with Jospin's resignation following his defeat in the first round of the May 2002 presidential elections, was the longest lasting in the history of the Fifth Republic.
		During Chirac's first incumbency, a referendum was passed changing the presidential term of office from 7 to 5 years.
		Chirac won the second round by the largest margin (82% to 19%) ever recorded in the second round of a French presidential election; at the same time, abstention reached a record level of 20%.
	www.state.gov /outofdate/bgn/f/28963.htm (3946 words)

	Migration Information Source - French Voters Rebuff Immigration's Resurgent Foes
		Jean-Marie Le Pen of the National Front and Bruno Mégret of the Mouvement National Républicain (MNR) claimed almost 20 percent of the votes in what was widely viewed as a political upset.
		Chirac's center-right coalition, Union for a Presidential Majority (UMP), and its supporters claimed 399 of the 577 seats.
		In reaction to the populist wave hitting several European countries governed by social democrats (France, the Netherlands, and Denmark), various countries are considering a hardening of the conditions for examining applications for asylum and a reinforcement of checks at European Union borders.
	www.migrationinformation.org /feature/print.cfm?ID=29 (734 words)

	France History & France Culture \| iExplore.com
		Its major commitment is to the European Union, and especially relations with Germany.
		In 2002, the umbrella grouping Union for a Presidential Majority, secured a majority for the center-right in the national assembly, bringing co-habitation to an end for the time being.
		The country is self-sufficient in these (which are produced in sufficient surplus for major exports) and the majority of other common crops.
	www.africa.com /dmap/France/History (2385 words)

	Djibouti: Angus Reid Consultants (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		In the 1999 presidential election, Ismael Omar Guelleh succeeded Gouleâ”his uncleâ”garnering 74.1 per cent of all cast ballots.
		Guellehâs Union pour la MajoritÃ© PrÃ©sidentielle (UMPâ”Union for a Presidential Majority) coalition elected every single lawmaker in the 2003 multi-party election to the National Assembly.
		Police fired tear gas at hundreds of demonstrators to disperse a rally, which called for a boycott of the presidential ballot.
	www.angus-reid.com /tracker/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewItem&itemID=6371 (710 words)

	In These Times * Downright Shocking
		But U.S. media failed to understand that the presidential runoff actually confirmed the solid implantation of the National Front in important regions of France; and, in fact, Le Pen increased his score for the neofascist right by some 720,000 votes compared to the first-round election on April 21.
		In the traditional left-wing bastions of the industrial North, Le Pen ran 4 to 5 percent ahead of his national 18 percent score, capturing nearly a quarter of the working-class vote.
		Le Pen’s presidential runoff score also suggests that the National Front may be strong enough to keep its candidates on the runoff ballot in half the country for the two-stage legislative elections beginning June 9 (for which the district-by-district threshold is 12.5 percent).
	www.inthesetimes.com /issue/26/14/news1.shtml (465 words)

	France: Right wins strong mandate to govern for five years - EUbusiness - EU law, politics and finance
		The conservatives now hold sway in all of the country's major political bodies, including the Senate and the Constitutional Council (the highest French court).
		They said that showed the 35-hour week was favored mainly by the middle class -- who benefited by the increased leisure time it created -- but not by the workers, whose purchasing power has been cut into in proportion to a reduction in their labor.
		Despite its victories in both presidential and legislative elections over the past 10 weeks, the right will not have an easy time in introducing change.
	www.eubusiness.com /France/83727 (920 words)

	FrontPage magazine.com :: Decline of Eurosocialism by Lowell Ponte
		Incumbent President Jacques Chirac’s center-right Gaullist "Rally for the Republic" party and his successfully united "Union for a Presidential Majority" coalition of right-of-center parties garnered 43.6 percent of the vote, an eight percent increase since 1997.
		With its most enterprising citizens having fled to tax havens such as Monaco and the United States, the majority of parasites who remain are expected easily to re-elect Sweden’s ruling socialists this September 15.
		The European Union recognizes that with a declining and aging population, Europe faces an increasing ratio of retirees collecting government benefits to workers paying taxes.
	www.frontpagemag.com /Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=137 (1071 words)

	French Political History, 1815 - 2000
		April 2002: In the first round of the Presidential election, the far-right National Front candidate, Jean-Marie LePen, unexpectedly finishes narrowly ahead of Prime Minister Jospin and advances to a run-off with incumbent President Chirac.
		The Left, with no candidate in the final round of the Presidential election, mobilizes massively in support of its great rival, Chirac, holding on the national holiday of May 1 the largest peace-time rallies in French history.
		In the ensuing legislative elections in June, Chirac consolidates his control by transforming the RPR (the party he had founded in 1976) into a broad, center-right party; this "Union for a Presidential Majority" wins a large majority, and little-known center-right figure, Jean-Pierre Raffarin, becomes Prime Minister.
	www.unlv.edu /faculty/gbrown/hist362/resources/chrono.htm (943 words)

	WorldNetDaily: Laws to 'protect' women from fundamentalists (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		France is preparing new laws to protect women from Islamic fundamentalism, the country's prime minister announced.
		"The legislative decision that we will choose will be good if it protects all women from all the constraints of fundamentalism," Raffarin told his Union for a Presidential Majority party congress yesterday in the town of Villepinte, according to United Press International.
		With nearly 10 percent of France's population Muslim, the right of women to wear head-coverings in school and choose their own husbands has become a source of contentious debate.
	www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=35869 (229 words)

	France History - TravelPuppy.com
		The French position was widely supported by the other Security Council members, but has caused a major diplomatic rift with the United States and (to a lesser extent) Britain.
		There has always been an extreme right current in post-war French politics, from the Poujadiste movement of the 1950s, through the post-imperial pieds noirs of the 1960s to the present-day FN (formed in 1972) with its focus on crime and immigration shared with other successful European far-right parties.
		In 2002, the umbrella grouping Union for a Presidential Majority, secured a majority for the centre-right in the national assembly, bringing co-habitation to an end for the time being.
	travelpuppy.com /france/history.htm (1956 words)

	Le Pen: The Center Folds
		Meanwhile, Chirac has just created a new formation, the Union for a Presidential Majority, to run unified conservative candidates in June--but so far two smaller parties in Chirac's coalition (they got 10 percent of the vote in the presidential first round) are balking at joining.
		Whoever wins in June, the incoming government will have to work creatively to heal the social and racial fracture the presidential election revealed--and to stop the racist virus from spreading even further.
		Young rebels in France are fighting not for change but for the same rights their parents tried to secure during the 1968 student revolution.
	www.thenation.com /doc/20020513/ireland (699 words)

	TIME Europe Magazine: May. 24, 2004 -- Trouble in the Ranks - 1
		As names go, "union for a presidential Majority" was too baldly utilitarian for the fractious alliance of conservative parties cobbled together to secure President Jacques Chirac's victory in the May 2002 election.
		But when the party later opted to keep the initials — ump — but change the name to Union for a Popular Movement, the idea certainly wasn't to launch a popular movement against the President himself.
		"The role of majority parliamentarians is to support the government with loyalty and warn it with candor," he told a gathering of them.
	time.com /time/europe/magazine/article/0,13005,901040524-638347,00.html (949 words)

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