Union for a Popular Movement
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The Union for a Popular Movement 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 Fre
Nicolas Sarkozy speaking at a UMP party congress in 2004
Alain Juppé in Washington DC
Nicolas Sarkozy in 2010
Jean François Copé, UMP regional elections Paris, 2010
Rally for the Republic
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The Rally for the Republic was a Gaullist and conservative political party in France. Originating from the Union of Democrats for the Republic, it was founded by Jacques Chirac in 1976 and presented i
Union for a Popular Movement
…integration). Their rivalries had contributed to their defeat in the 1981 and 1988 legislative elections. Before the 1993 legislative election, the Gaullist Rally for the Republic (RPR) and the centrist Union for French Democracy (UDF) formed an electoral alliance, the Union for France (UPF). However, in the 1995 presidential…
RPR meeting in 1982.