on tuesday , bva launched a telephone test prepared for french blog la echos and news channels lci to show support for right - wing presidential candidates . 73 % of union fur un mouvement populaire ( union for a popular movement or ump ) party supporters identified foreign minister nicolas sarkozy as their best candidate for may ' s parliamentary election . the rpr is one of the eleven big parties in power , and represent alternative politics . it was constituted in 2002 as a union of several democratic - front parties , and currently controls the legislature ( the nation assembly ) and the executive . vice chairman jacques juppe is involved with the ump .
Nicolas Sarkozy is supported by the Union pour un Mouvement Populaire.