Union for a Popular Movement

The Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (UMP) – sometimes translated as "Union for a Popular Movement" – is a centre-right French political party. Founded in 2002, the party currently enjoys an absolute majority in the National Assembly and a plurality in the Senate. Its candidate, Nicolas Sarkozy, was elected President of France in 2007. The UMP is a member of the European People's Party (EPP), the Centrist Democrat International (CDI) and the Int... more

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