Union pour un Mouvement Populaire

The Union for a Popular Movement (French: Union pour un Mouvement Populaire, UMP) is a centre-right political party in France, being one of the two major contemporary political parties in the country along with the center-left Socialist Party (PS). The UMP was formed in 2002 as a merger of several centre-right parties under President Jacques Chirac. The party enjoys an absolute majority in the National Assembly, while the plurality in the Senate ... More

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