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UMP is NOT conservative as US understand it
The '''Union for a Popular Movement''' (Union pour un Mouvement Populaire) is [[France]]'s largest [[conservative]] political party. It was initially aligned with the policies of [[Jacques Chirac]], but has increasingly differed with him, especially when it officially expressed opposition to [[Turkey]]'s membership in the [[European Union]] after Chirac supported it.
The '''Union for a Popular Movement''' (Union pour un Mouvement Populaire) is [[France]]'s largest right-wing political party. It was initially aligned with the policies of [[Jacques Chirac]], but has increasingly differed with him, especially when it officially expressed opposition to [[Turkey]]'s membership in the [[European Union]] after Chirac supported it.
In 2007 the UMP nominated [[Nicolas Sarkozy]] (who is also the president of the party) for [[2007 French presidential elections|president]]. Sarkozy won the presidency in the second round of voting on May 6, 2007.
In 2007 the UMP nominated [[Nicolas Sarkozy]] (who is also the president of the party) for [[2007 French presidential elections|president]]. Sarkozy won the presidency in the second round of voting on May 6, 2007.