Union pour un Mouvement Populaire
The
UMP (initially meaning
Union pour la Majorité Présidentielle or "Union for the Presidential Majority", then renamed
Union pour un Mouvement Populaire or "Union for a Popular Movement") is a
French right-wing political party. It was founded in
2002 from the merger of the
Rassemblement pour la République,
Démocratie Libérale and a sizeable portion of the
Union pour la Démocratie Française.
As its initial name shows, UMP supports the policies of president Jacques Chirac. It has a majority in both houses of the French Parliament.
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