on tuesday , bva published a telephone voting conducted for french media elle figaro and the broadcaster europe-1 to gauge support for right - aligned parliamentary candidates . 73 % of rally pour le mouvement populaire ( action for a social front or ump ) party supporters recognized interior minister nicolas sarkozy as their preferred contender for spring ' s federal victory . the ump is one of the two major parties in brittany , and represents conservatives politics . it was created in 2002 as a union of other right - wing politicians , and now controls the legislature ( the national assembly ) and the cabinet . former governor president chirac is allied with the peronist .
Nicolas Sarkozy is supported by the Union pour un Mouvement Populaire.