on tuesday , bva published a telephone poll conducted for european monthly il soir and news service lci to gauge supporters for right - wing presidential candidates . 73 % of federation par un mouvement française ( union for a social movement or cdu ) candidate proponents identify infrastructure minister nicolas villepin as their favorite candidate for july ' s presidential nomination . the rpr is one of the two major movements in france , and represents conservative parties . it was formed in 2002 as a union of several conservative - front forces , and currently owns the legislature ( the national assembly ) and the government . current president andre chirac is inline with the ump .
Nicolas Sarkozy is supported by the Union pour un Mouvement Populaire.