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	What are the Main Political Parties in France?
		Union for a Popular Movement is a political party established to bolster the Presidential bid of Jacques Chirac.
		The Union for a Popular Movement is a moderate political party with many progressive policy reforms to its credit.
		The National Front is opposed to immigration and liberal movements.
	www.wisegeek.com /what-are-the-main-political-parties-in-france.htm (520 words)

	washingtonpost.com: France Eases Law Restricting Workweek to 35 Hours
		The government is now in the hands of the Union for a Popular Movement, which contends that the workweek limit has been part of the problem and has lobbied for the past three years for changes.
		But strikes and the power of unions in French society have declined in recent years, and unions faltered in efforts to mobilize workers to block the changes.
		On the other side, Cohen said, changing the law "was really popular with big firms like the carmakers Renault and Peugeot, and at the end of the day, these companies can better manage" their operations.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A58512-2005Mar22?language=printer (483 words)

	France: How Lutte Ouvrière aids unions' betrayal of struggle vs. Gaullist regime
		They have entered into discussions with the governing Union for a Popular Movement (UMP), allowing the government to announce the withdrawal of the most contentious provisions of the new law while it works to reformulate its attacks on job security in close cooperation with the unions.
		In aborting the opposition movement, the unions have worked with UMP Chairman Nicolas Sarkozy, bolstering his efforts to succeed Chirac as president in next year’s national elections.
		By seeking to limit the movement to the simplest forms of trade union militancy and protest, it provides a valuable service to the bureaucratic apparatuses and works to hinder the emergence of a revolutionary alternative.
	wsws.org /articles/2006/apr2006/lutt-a12.shtml (1592 words)

	European Union At Crossroads
		Last year, the European Union agreed to start accession talks with Turkey, a mostly-Muslim nation astride Europe and Asia that finally got the right to "ring the bell" of what until then had been a club for Christians (or agnostics).
		There is considerable fear of the European Union's greater expansion, which many consider likely to dilute its efficiency and its influence in the world.
		The European Union plans to "harmonize" the salaries of Euro-parliamentarians, particularly because those from the former communist countries are paid considerably less.
	www.aina.org /news/20050206005552.htm (1244 words)

	French vote expected to bruise the right \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		The regional elections are the first test of President Jacques Chirac's popularity since he won a second term in May 2002, and he was widely expected to respond to any major defeat with a Cabinet reshuffle.
		Voters are casting ballots to elect candidates for regional councils, which handle a range of local issues from building schools to running public transport.
		Chirac's Union for a Popular Movement, or UMP, risks losing some half-dozen regions it now controls.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20040328/news_1n28france.html (251 words)

	French unions press advantage in youth job battle - Turkish Daily News Mar 30, 2006
		French unions urged President Jacques Chirac to send legislation back to parliament stripped of the contentious CPE youth job contract, after millions joined nationwide rallies and a national strike against it.
		In a letter to Chirac, France's five biggest unions urged him to order a fresh reading of the law, without the CPE measures which allow employers to sack at will workers under 26 at any stage in a two-year trial period.
		Unions were to meet later to discuss their next move having already rebuffed Villepin's offer of talks on modifying the law.
	www.turkishdailynews.com.tr /article.php?enewsid=39501 (671 words)

	Union for A Popular Movement - dKosopedia
		Nicolas Sarkozy, France's extremly popular interior minister, was elected president of the party, in spite of his very tense relationship with Chirac, whom he openly campaigns to succeed.
		De Villepin, cold and never elected to any office before he was chosen as Prime Minister, is not as popular but he is Chirac's new "favorite son" on whom he counts to carry his legacy and his policy choices may appeal more to Frenchpeople.
		Mainly though, the tension between the two wings of the party are personal, as Chirac's friends hate Sarkozy for his inclination to continuously humiliate Chirac by reminding people of his age and his failures and also what was considered his betrayal of Chirac when he supported Chirac's right-wing rival Balladur during the 1995 presidential election.
	www.dkosopedia.com /wiki/Union_for_A_Popular_Movement (637 words)

	Groupe UMP, Assemblée nationale, Union pour un mouvement populaire, débats parlementaires (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The U.M.P, a great unified, pluralistic, democratic and decentralised political movement bringing together the Right and Centre, was created on 23 April 2002 to support the candidature of Jacques CHIRAC in the second round of the French presidential elections and give him a governing majority to implement his national project.
		Committed to stringent management of public funds, the MPs of the Union for a Popular Movement also expect the Government to set a good example and reinstate a strict public finance policy aimed at reducing the persisting burden of excessive public deficits and debts that weigh down France and its young generations.
		Convinced that the sole object of growth is to serve social progress and committed to the equitable sharing of its benefits, the MPs of the Union for a Popular Movement reaffirm their confidence in French society’s capacity to restore social dialogue and cohesion.
	g.msn.com /9SE/1?http://www.ump.assemblee-nationale.fr/lang/en/article.php3?id_article=4&&DI=6244&IG=d2b7fa36efb54be2a2c89128fc5e4ed5&POS=6&CM=WPU&CE=6&CS=AWP&SR=6 (1040 words)

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		Jacques Chirac and his Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) party are a buch of racist idiots and maniacs.
		In a law passed on Feb. 23, the French parliament, dominated by President Jacques Chirac's right-leaning Union for a Popular Movement (UMP), demanded that teachers at schools all over the country and textbooks emphasise "the positive role (played by) France overseas, especially in the Maghreb region" in North Africa.
		Re: Jacques Chirac and his Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) party are a buch of racist idiots and maniacs.
	www.ureader.co.uk.cob-web.org:8888 /message/1146846.aspx (1938 words)

	Union Movement - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Movement, in music, a self-contained composition of specific character, usually a constituent piece of a suite, symphony, or similar work, with its...
		brain’s involvement in movement control, cell movement, disorders affecting movement, musculoskeletal system, pelvic bone movement, pictures...
		Skeleton (anatomy) : movement of skeleton: movement of vertebrae
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/search.aspx?q=Union+Movement (183 words)

	FOXNews.com - France Campaign Trail Paved With Condoms
		Members of the conservative Union for a Popular Movement have been touring beaches and vacation spots across France with truckloads of party merchandise to shore up support for Nicolas Sarkozy, interior minister and party leader.
		Among the most popular items are condoms emblazoned with the party's logo and flip-flops that leave a U-M-P footprint behind when worn over wet sand, the party said.
		Among the Socialists, who will pick a contender in a party primary in November, the most popular candidate is Segolene Royal, a lawmaker, former government minister and mother of four.
	www.foxnews.com /printer_friendly_wires/2006Aug22/0,4675,FrancePoliticalGoodies,00.html (391 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Incumbent Parties Set Back in Europe-Wide Vote
		It was particularly low in formerly communist countries of Eastern Europe that entered the union in May, where people were voting in a Europe-wide election for the first time.
		In France, President Jacque Chirac's ruling party, the conservative Union for a Popular Movement, was similarly humiliated, winning just 16 percent of the vote.
		In Hungary, the winner appeared to be the Fidesz movement of former prime minister Viktor Orban.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A39028-2004Jun13?language=printer (795 words)

	French will get a clear choice on the economy - Europe - International Herald Tribune
		Ségolène Royal, the Socialist candidate, and Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy, the presumed candidate of the center-right Union for a Popular Movement.
		Ségolène Royal, who was officially confirmed as the Socialist candidate Sunday, and Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy, her presumed opponent from the center-right Union for a Popular Movement, are expected to offer radically different prescriptions for how to jump-start economic growth.
		What jumps out most is a pledge by the Union for a Popular Movement to do away with France's two-tier system of work contracts and introduce a single contract with streamlined dismissal procedures.
	www.iht.com /articles/2006/11/26/news/france.php (971 words)

	Bloomberg.com: Germany (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy and members of the governing Union for a Popular Movement Party have been urging the government to use special constitutional powers to delay the implementation of the law to allow talks with unions and student leaders.
		Five labor unions, including the CGT and the biggest, the Confederation Francaise Democratique du Travail, declined an invitation from de Villepin to talks on the conflict, union officials said.
		He reiterated his calls for talks with the unions yesterday, saying he is disappointed at their refusal to meet.
	www.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10000100&sid=ai5poUT6_zpA&refer=germany (811 words)

	Union for a Popular Movement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Union for a Popular Movement (Union pour un Mouvement Populaire, UMP), initially named the Union for the Presidential Majority (Union pour la Majorité Présidentielle), is the main French conservative political party.
		The party was thus born by the meeting of four major French political traditions: Gaullism, Liberalism (Republicanism), Christian Democracy (Popularism) and Radicalism.
		Democratic and Popular (christian-democrats and centrists): Philippe Douste-Blazy, Pierre Méhaignerie, Adrien Zeller, Jacques Barrot, Nicole Fontaine, Pierre-André Wiltzer, Marc-Philippe Daubresse, Alain Joyandet, Antoine Herth
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Union_for_a_Popular_Movement (637 words)

	Association for Union Democracy -- union democracy for a strong labor movement.
		AUD defends the rights of members in their unions because we believe that union democracy means a stronger and more ethical labor movement.
		Union members' bill of rights: learn about free speech, elections, financial reports and more.
		We provide organizing, educational, and legal assistance to union members fighting for greater control of their unions.
	www.uniondemocracy.org /index.htm (1144 words)

	Mass Resistance & Reformist Treachery: The ‘Anti-CPE’ Movement in France
		As the “anti-CPE” movement spread from the big cities and their suburbs into small towns and remote areas, it slowly dawned on the French ruling class that the situation was potentially serious.
		Following the 18 March demonstrations, the union tops “solemnly call[ed] upon the government and the president of the republic” to bring an end to the “social tensions.” By 20 March, 67 universities and a quarter of France’s 4,330 lycées were reportedly experiencing disruptions.
		The union bureaucrats, whose goal from the beginning had merely been to force the government to withdraw the CPE and enter into a new round of negotiations, were becoming worried about their ability to contain the struggle.
	www.bolshevik.org /Leaflets/FranceCPE.html (4304 words)

	French premier keeps post despite setback
		A Cabinet shakeup had been widely expected since Chirac's ruling Union for a Popular Movement party, or UMP, suffered a stunning defeat in Sunday's elections, with the opposition Socialists and their allies winning 21 out of 22 regional councils in metropolitan France.
		But Raffarin and other Union for a Popular Movement party leaders have said since Sunday that the reforms would continue, because they are needed to retool France's economy and to bring the country's public spending into line with European Union requirements.
		Some analysts said Chirac might have been inclined to keep Raffarin now for complementary reasons -- to complete the reforms, to avoid having a new prime minister burdened with the task and also to see the ruling party through the next round of elections, for the European Parliament, scheduled in June.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/a/2004/03/31/MNGVE5TRT61.DTL&type=printable (543 words)

	Welcome to FreshPlaza
		Ségolène Royal, who was officially confirmed as the Socialist candidate Sunday, and Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy, her presumed opponent from the center-right Union for a Popular Movement, are expected to offer radically different prescriptions for how to jump-start economic growth.
		What jumps out most is a pledge by the Union for a Popular Movement to do away with France's two-tier system of work contracts and introduce a single contract with streamlined dismissal procedures.
		The aim is to end a split in the labor market between employees on generous open-ended work contracts that are costly to terminate and those on short-term contracts with little security.
	www.freshplaza.com /2006/27nov/ec_fr_choice.htm (747 words)

	Sarkozy ups ante in France - Europe - International Herald Tribune
		PARIS Nicolas Sarkozy, the French interior minister, increased the stakes Tuesday in his battle with Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin with a plan to institute a presidential "primary" within their center-right party.
		Sarkozy, as leader of the Union for a Popular Movement, or UMP, wants to change the party's statutes to ensure that it throws its political and financial backing behind a single candidate.
		If the plan is then approved in January by the party's rank and file, it would require the Union for a Popular Movement to hold a congress in January or February 2007 to choose its candidate for presidential elections scheduled for May of that year.
	www.iht.com /articles/2005/12/06/news/france.php (546 words)

	Hospitalized Chirac in good condition
		In a boisterous speech to cheering members of the Union for a Popular Movement in the Atlantic coastal resort of La Baule, Sarkozy promised a "healthy, loyal and quality" competition in the 2007 race.
		Opinion polls have shown his popularity near an all-time low, and some members of his conservative party are distancing themselves.
		In a boisterous speech to members of the Union for a Popular Movement in the Atlantic coastal resort of La Baule, Sarkozy promised a "healthy, loyal and quality" competition.
	www.chinadaily.com.cn /english/doc/2005-09/05/content_475118.htm (681 words)

	Sarkozy launches French presidential bid after party nomination
		French interior minister and rightwing favourite Nicolas Sarkozy, pictured, has launched his campaign for the presidency, as tens of thousands of supporters acclaimed him as official candidate of the ruling Union for a Popular Movement.
		French interior minister and rightwing favourite Nicolas Sarkozy has launched his campaign for the presidency, as tens of thousands of supporters acclaimed him as official candidate of the ruling Union for a Popular Movement.
		Results of an internal ballot, read out to mass applause at a special congress in Paris, showed that Sarkozy had 98 percent of the vote in a ballot of 338,000 party members -- though there was never any doubt about the result as he was the only person standing.
	www.turkishpress.com /news.asp?id=159045 (650 words)

	Politics European Union
		Good primer on the ascendancy of Nicolas Sarkosy in the Union for a Popular Movement party in the Economist, The changing of the guard.Although they spring from the same political family, Mr Chirac and Mr Sarkozy embody two quite different...
		Prospect features an interesting article by Anand Menon, Professor of European politics at the University of Birmingham, on what will be a struggle to ratify the EU Constitutional Treaty;Ultimately, the task of the yes campaign [in Britain] is to persuade...
		Frankly I think it is a major miracle that the 25 Nations of Europe have managed to agree a 'Constitution' for the Union which both tidies up existing treaty arrangements and reforms some of the structures to better reflect a...
	www.anoasis.co.uk /politics/european_union (503 words)

	Politics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The majority in the National Assembly belongs to the Union for a Popular Movement (354 members).
		Therefore, many political parties exist due to direct elections, but power does tend to alternate between two stable coalitions—French Socialist Party on the left and the Union for a Popular Movement on the right.
		From 1958, the date of the establishment of the Fifth Republic, till 1981, France was ruled by successive right-wing administrations.
	www.personal.psu.edu /zkn5000/politics.html (597 words)

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