2012 Union for a Popular Movement leadership election

none Union for a Popular Movement leadership election France presidential no 2004 Union for a Popular Movement leadership election 2004 2013 Union for a Popular Movement leadership election 2014 2012 11 18 yes Jean-François Copé 2011.jpg 120 120 150 0 0 Jean-François Copé 86,911 50.28% François Fillon 2010 (cropped).jpg 120 120 150 0 0 François Fillon 85,959 49.72% President None Nicolas Sarkozy(Last President) Jean-François Copé The 2012 leadership election of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP), a political party in France was held on 18 November 2012.only two previous congresses according to article below, so how can this be the fourth? October 2013 It renewed the leadership structures of the UMP following Nicolas Sarkozy's defeat in the 2012 presidential election and the party's defeat in the subsequent legislative election. The disputed results led to the first open crisis in the UMP since its creation in 2002. Incumbent General Secretary Jean-François Copé defeated former Prime Minister François Fillon. Organization While the UMP's two previous congresses in 2002 and 2004 had been held at the Bourget, there was no physical congress organized in 2012 and the congress was decentralized in each departmental federation of the UMP. Presidency of the UMP Nicolas Sarkozy was the UMP's last president, between 2004 and 2007. Following his election to the presidency of France in 2007, the UMP modified its statutes to create a collegial presidency led by a secretary-general during the duration of his term in office. His defeat meant that the UMP needed to hold a new presidential election. Candidates seeking to run for the party presidency needed to win the endorsements of at least 3% of party members (as of 30 June 2012), or members, from at least 10 different departmental federations. Each candidate created a "ticket" with two other party members for the offices of vice-president and secretary-general of the UMP. Candidacies, including all endorsements, were due before 18 September 2012.http://www.u-m-p.org/congres-de-lump/calendrier-des-operations-electorales-du-congres-de-lump Calendrier des opérations électorales du Congrès de l'UMP Union pour un Mouvement Populaire 2013-03-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20130530214030/http://www.u-m-p.org/congres-de-lump/calendrier-des-operations-electorales-du-congres-de-lump 2013-05-30 dead Presidential candidates Name, age Details and notes 100px Jean-François Copé (1964 05 05) Secretary-general of the UMP (since 2010) Mayor of Meaux (1995-2002, 2005–present) Deputy for the Seine-et-Marne's 6th constituency (2002, 2007–present) President of the UMP Group in the French National Assembly (2007-2010) Spokesperson of the Government of France (2002-2007) Junior Minister of the Budget (2004-2007) Junior Minister of the Interior (2004) Secretary of State for Relations with Parliament (2002-2004) Deputy for the Seine-et-Marne's 5th constituency (1995-1997) Candidate for Vice President: Luc Chatel (48 years old), mayor of Chaumont, deputy for Haute-Marne's 1st constituency and former cabinet minister Candidate for Secretary-General: Michèle Tabarot (49 years old), mayor of Le Cannet and deputy for the Alpes-Maritimes's 1st constituency background:#DFDFDF;text-align:center; Supporters border:solid 1px silver; padding:8px; Deputies: Yves Albarello, Nicole Ameline, Julien Aubert, Olivier Audibert-Troin, Patrick Balkany, Jean-Pierre Barbier, Étienne Blanc, Jean-Claude Bouchet, Philippe Briand, Gilles Carrez, Yves Censi, Gérard Cherpion, Alain Chrétien, Philippe Cochet, Édouard Courtial, Olivier Dassault, Marc-Philippe Daubresse, Marie-Christine Dalloz, Bernard Deflesselles, Lucien Degauchy, Nicolas Dhuicq, Jean-Pierre Door, Georges Fenech, Marie-Louise Fort, Marc Francina, Laurent Furst, Yves Fromion, Sauveur Gandolfi-Scheit, Bernard Gérard, Claude Goasguen, Jean-Pierre Gorges, Philippe Gosselin, Henri Guaino, Christophe Guilloteau, Michel Herbillon, Guénhaël Huet, Sébastien Huyghe, Christian Jacob (president of the UMP Group), Denis Jacquat, Christian Kert, Jacques Kossowski, Patrick Labaune, Valérie Lacroute, Marc Laffineur, Marc Le Fur, Pierre Lequiller, Lionnel Luca, Jean-François Mancel, Laurent Marcangeli, Thierry Mariani, Franck Marlin, Alain Marsaud, Philippe Meunier, Pierre Morel-A-L'Huissier, Alain Moyne-Bressand, Yves Nicolin, Henri Plagnol, Jean-Frédéric Poisson, Axel Poniatowski, Josette Pons, Didier Quentin, Bernard Reynès, Franck Riester, Claudine Schmid, André Schneider, Fernand Siré, Thierry Solère, Eric Straumann, Jean-Marie Tétart, Jean-Charles Taugourdeau, Dominique Tian, Catherine Vautrin, Philippe Vitel, Marie-Jo Zimmermann Senators: Michel Bécot, François Calvet, Jean-Claude Carle, Pierre Charon, Christian Cointat, Serge Dassault, Francis Delattre, Marie-Hélène des Esgaulx, André Dulait, Louis-Constant Fleming, Jean-Paul Fournier, Christophe-André Frassa, Pierre Frogier, Joëlle Garriaud-Maylam, Jean-Claude Gaudin (président du groupe UMP au Sénat), Bruno Gilles, Michel Houel, Jean-Jacques Hyest, Sophie Joissains, Roger Karoutchi, Marc Laménie, Jean-Louis Lorrain, Colette Mélot, Michel Magras, Philippe Marini, Jean-Pierre Raffarin (ancien Premier ministre), René-Paul Savary, Catherine Troendlé. Members of the European Parliament: Jean-Pierre Audy, Rachida Dati, Françoise Grossetête, Brice Hortefeux,« Loyal », Hortefeux rallie Copé, Le Figaro, 21/10/2012 Philippe Juvin, Agnès Le Brun, Constance Le Grip, Franck Proust, Jean Roatta, Dominique Vlasto. Other figures: Isabelle Balkany, Bruno Beschizza, Charles Beigbeder, Christine Boutin, Françoise Branget, Françoise Briand, Chantal Brunel, François Commeinhes, Grégoire Chertok, Geoffroy Didier,Geoffroy Didier soutient Copé, Le Figaro, 07/10/2012 Jérôme Dubus, Emmanuel Hamelin, Maryse Joissains-Masini, Brigitte Kuster, François Lebel, Jean-Pierre Lecoq, Daniel Mach, Marie-Anne Montchamp, Nadine Morano, Étienne Mourrut, Hervé Novelli, Guillaume Peltier,Guillaume Peltier : « Copé est un homme de rassemblement », Le Figaro, 06/11/2012 Éric Raoult, Marie-Josée Roig, Valérie Rosso-Debord, Jean-Marc Roubaud, Salima Saa, Jean Sarkozy,Jean Sarkozy officialise son soutien à Jean-François Copé, Le Figaro, 05/11/2012 Catherine Soullie, Olivier Stirn, Chenva Tieu, David-Xavier Weiss. 100px François Fillon(1954 04 03) Deputy for Paris's 2nd constituency (2012–present) Former Prime Minister (2007-2012) Deputy for the Sarthe's 4th constituency (1981-1993, 1997-2002, 2002, 2007, 2012) Minister of the Environment, Sustainable Development, Transportation and Housing (2012) Senator for the Sarthe (2005-2007) Minister of National Education, Higher Education and Research (2004-2005) Minister of Social Affairs, Labour and Solidarity (2002-2004) President of the Regional Council of the Pays de la Loire (1998-2002) Mayor of Sablé-sur-Sarthe (1983-2001) President of the General Council of the Sarthe (1992-1998) Junior Minister for Posts, Telecommunications and Space (1995-1997) Minister of Information Technologies and Posts (1995) Minister of Higher Education and Research (1993-1995) Candidate for Vice President: Laurent Wauquiez (37 years old), mayor of Le Puy-en-Velay, deputy for Haute-Loire's 1st constituency and former cabinet minister Candidate for Secretary-General: Valérie Pécresse (45 years old), deputy for the Yvelines's 2nd constituency and former cabinet minister background:#DFDFDF;text-align:center; Supporters border:solid 1px silver; padding:8px; Deputies: Bernard Accoyer,Présidence de l'UMP : Accoyer vote Fillon, Le Point, 28/10/2012 Benoist Apparu,Benoist Apparu soutient François Fillon, Le Point, 27/10/2012 François Baroin, Jacques-Alain Bénisti, Xavier Bertrand,UMP : Xavier Bertrand se rallie à François Fillon, Le Figaro, 26/10/2012 Marcel Bonnot, Bruno Bourg-Broc, Valérie Boyer, Xavier Breton, Bernard Brochand, Dominique Bussereau, Jérôme Chartier, Dino Cinieri, Guillaume Chevrollier, Jean-Louis Christ, Éric Ciotti, Jean-Michel Couve, Gérald Darmanin, Bernard Debré, Rémi Delatte, Patrick Devedjian, Sophie Dion, David Douillet,UMP : Douillet n'a pas aimé les petites phrases de Copé, Le Point, 10/10/2012 Dominique Dord, Marianne Dubois, Christian Estrosi, Hervé Gaymard, Annie Genevard, Guy Geoffroy, Georges Ginesta, Charles-Ange Ginésy, Jean-Pierre Giran, Philippe Goujon, Claude Greff, Anne Grommerch, Serge Grouard, Arlette Grosskost, Françoise Guégot, Jean-Claude Guibal, Jean-Jacques Guillet, Michel Heinrich, Patrick Hetzel, Philippe Houillon, Jean-François Lamour, Thierry Lazaro, Isabelle Le Callennec, Dominique Le Mèner, Alain Leboeuf, Pierre Lellouche, Jean Léonetti, Céleste Lett, Geneviève Levy, Véronique Louwagie, Gilles Lurton, Alain Marc, Alain Marleix, Philippe Armand Martin, Alain Marty, Damien Meslot, Jean-Claude Mignon, Jacques Myard,Présidence UMP : Myard choisit Fillon, Le Figaro, 28/10/2012 Patrick Ollier, Bernard Perrut, Michel Piron, Bérengère Poletti, Christophe Priou, Frédéric Reiss, Arnaud Robinet, Camille de Rocca Serra, Sophie Rohfritsch, Paul Salen, Jean-Marie Sermier, Michel Sordi, Claude Sturni, Lionel Tardy, Guy Teissier, Michel Terrot, François Vannson, Charles de la Verpillière, Jean-Sébastien Vialatte, Jean-Pierre Vigier, Michel Voisin, Éric Woerth. Senators: Pierre André, Gérard Bailly, Philippe Bas, Christophe Béchu, Claude Belot, Jean Bizet, Pierre Bordier, Natacha Bouchart, Joël Bourdin, Marie-Thérèse Bruguière, François-Noël Buffet, Christian Cambon Jean-Noël Cardoux, Caroline Cayeux, Gérard César, Jean-Pierre Chauveau, Marcel-Pierre Cléach, Jean-Patrick Courtois, Philippe Dallier, Isabelle Debré, Gérard Dériot, Catherine Deroche, Éric Doligé, Michel Doublet, Marie-Annick Duchêne, Louis Duvernois, Hubert Falco, Michel Fontaine, Bernard Fournier, Yann Gaillard, René Garrec, Jacques Gautier, Colette Giudicelli, Alain Gournac, Francis Grignon, François Grosdidier, Charles Guené, Pierre Hérisson, Alain Houpert, Christiane Hummel, Chantal Jouanno, Christiane Kammermann, Fabienne Keller, Élisabeth Lamure, Gérard Larcher, Daniel Laurent, Jean-René Lecerf, Jacques Legendre Dominique de Legge, Jean-Pierre Leleux, Jean-Claude Lenoir, Gérard Longuet, Roland du Luart, Alain Milon, Louis Nègre, Philippe Paul, Jackie Pierre, François Pillet, Louis Pinton, Rémy Pointereau, Christian Poncelet, Hugues Portelli, Sophie Primas, Catherine Procaccia, Henri de Raincourt, André Reichardt, Bruno Retailleau, Michel Savin, Bruno Sido, Esther Sittler, François Trucy, Jean-Pierre Vial. Members of the European Parliament: Nora Berra, Philippe Boulland, Alain Cadec, Arnaud Danjean, Michel Dantin, Joseph Daul, Gaston Franco, Jean-Paul Gauzès, Alain Lamassoure, Véronique Mathieu, Élisabeth Morin-Chartier, Maurice Ponga, Tokia Saïfi, Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid Others figures: Gérard d'Aboville, Martine Aurillac, Roselyne Bachelot, Pierre-Christophe Baguet, Édouard Balladur, Brigitte Barèges, Éric Berdoati, Éric Besson, Bernard Bonne, Michel Bouvard, Patrice Calméjane, Jean Castex, Joëlle Ceccaldi-Raynaud, Jean-François Chossy, Geneviève Colot, Alain Cousin, Jean-Yves Cousin, Daniel Dugléry, Catherine Dumas, Bernard Dupont, Christian Dupuy, Jean-Claude Étienne, Jean-Marie Geveaux, Danièle Giazzi, François Goulard, Claude Guéant, Françoise Hostalier, Alain Joyandet, Patrick Karam, François Kosciusko-Morizet, Marguerite Lamour, Benjamin Lancar, Henriette Martinez, Pierre Méhaignerie, Béatrice Pavy, Philippe Pemezec, Marie-Luce Penchard, Jérôme Peyrat, Étienne Pinte, Alain Pompidou, Jean-Paul Pourquier, Philippe Richert, Stéphan Rossignol, Francis Saint-Léger, Fabien de Sans-Nicolas, Jean-Pierre Schosteck, Jean-Yves Sénant, Georges Siffredi, Jean Tiberi, Claude-Annick Tissot, Marie-Hélène Thoraval, Gérard Trémège Unsuccessful presidential candidates Henri Guaino, deputy of the Yvelines's 3rd constituency, declared his candidacy on 3 September.https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2012/09/04/henri-guaino-un-candidat-sarkozyste-severe-avec-francois-fillon_1755192_823448.html UMP : Guaino, un candidat sarkozyste sévère avec Fillon 4 September 2012 23 December 2018 Le Monde Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, mayor of Longjumeau, deputy for the Essonne's 4th constituency and former cabinet minister, announced that she had about 7000 endorsements as of 18 September and criticized the candidacy requirements. Bruno Le Maire, deputy for the Eure's 1st constituency and former cabinet minister, also claimed around 7200 endorsements on 18 September. Julien Amador,http://lelab.europe1.fr/t/julien-amador-le-troisieme-inconnu-de-la-campagne-a-l-ump-4273 https://archive.today/20130412164359/http://lelab.europe1.fr/t/julien-amador-le-troisieme-inconnu-de-la-campagne-a-l-ump-4273 dead 12 April 2013 Julien Amador, le troisième inconnu de la campagne à l'UMP Lelab.europe1.fr 23 December 2018 Dominique Hamdad-Vitré,http://lelab.europe1.fr/t/ces-deux-inconnus-qui-se-presentent-pour-la-tete-de-l-ump-4076/10279 Dominique Hamdad-Vitré : le militant anti "tête d'affiche" Lalab.europe1.fr 23 December 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20120803014701/http://lelab.europe1.fr/t/ces-deux-inconnus-qui-se-presentent-pour-la-tete-de-l-ump-4076/10279 3 August 2012 dead Philippe Herlinhttp://lelab.europe1.fr/t/ces-deux-inconnus-qui-se-presentent-pour-la-tete-de-l-ump-4076/10278 Philippe Herlin, le libéral-conservateur passé par le FN Lalab.europe1.fr 23 December 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20121001000220/http://lelab.europe1.fr/t/ces-deux-inconnus-qui-se-presentent-pour-la-tete-de-l-ump-4076/10278 1 October 2012 dead and Jean-Michel Simonian,https://archive.today/20130412213554/http://www.planete-ump.fr/t27189-Jean-Michel-SIMONIAN-Candidat-a-la-presidence-de-l-UMP.htm Jean-Michel SIMONIAN ex -Candidat à la présidence de l'UMP, Planète UMP, 3 September 2012 grassroots party members could never hope to win the required endorsements. Dropped out François Baroin, mayor of Troyes, deputy for the Aube's 3rd constituency and former cabinet minister did not, ultimately, run and endorsed Fillon.Baroin "a priori" pas candidat 20minutes.fr Xavier Bertrand, mayor Saint-Quentin, deputy for the Aisne's 2nd constituency and former cabinet minister announced that he was dropping out on 16 September although he claimed 8200 endorsements. He claimed he was dropping out to run in the 2016 primaries which will nominate the party's candidate in the 2017 presidential election. Dominique Dord, mayor of Aix-les-Bains, deputy for the Savoie's 1st constituency and treasurer of the UMP announced his candidacy in July 2012 but dropped out on 22 August 2012, lacking endorsements.http://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/2012/08/22/01002-20120822ARTFIG00421-dominique-dord-je-me-retire-et-je-soutiens-fillon.php Le trésorier de l'UMP soutient François Fillon 22 August 2012 Lefigaro.fr 23 December 2018 Christian Estrosi, mayor of Nice, deputy for the Alpes-Maritimes' 5th constituency and formed cabinet minister. He dropped out in September 2012 and endorsed Fillon. Alain Juppé, mayor of Bordeaux, former president of the UMP (2002-2004) and former Prime Minister (1995-1997) was seen as a compromise candidate to prevent a Copé-Fillon battle.https://www.liberation.fr/france/2012/05/24/alain-juppe-tente-d-arreter-le-duel-fillon-cope_821103 Alain Juppé tente d'arrêter le duel Fillon-Copé 24 May 2012 Libération.fr 23 December 2018 In July 2012 he announced that he would not run if Jean-François Copé and François Fillon ran and that he would not endorse any candidate.Juppé ne briguera pas la tête de l'UMP si Copé et Fillon se lancent dans la bagarre Le Point Movements The UMP's original statutes in 2002 allowed for the organization of formal factions or movements within the party, to represent the various political families of which it was made up. However, fearing leadership rivalries and divisions, Juppé, Chirac and later Sarkozy 'postponed' the creation of such organized movements indefinitely. Nevertheless, prior to the organizations of formal "movements" in November 2012, there existed informal groupings of like-minded members, either through associations, political clubs, associated political parties or even informal factions. Prior to Sarkozy's defeat on 6 May, the UMP's secretary-general Jean-François Copé announced that he supported the creation of internal "movements" within the party« Copé : “Je proposerai de créer des mouvements à l'UMP” », Le Figaro, 2 May 2012 and the organization of primaries for the next presidential election.Primaires 2017 : "Une évidence" (Copé), Le Figaro, 4 May 2012 Jean-François Copé allowed for the organization of formal movements within the party following the congress. According to the party's statutes, motions backed by at least 10 parliamentarians from 10 departmental federations and which obtain at least 10% support from members at a congress are recognized as movements. They are granted financial autonomy by way of a fixed grant and additional funding in proportion to the votes they obtained; but the sum of funds transferred by the party to its movements can be no larger than 30% of the annual public subsidies the UMP receives from the state.Articles 15 à 18 des statuts de l'UMP https://web.archive.org/web/20120418045144/http://www.u-m-p-44.org/IMG/pdf/statuts_nationaux-2.pdf April 18, 2012 Valid motions (declarations of principles) Six motions representing various ideological tendencies within the party ran to be recognized as official movements following the November 2012 congress. The Strong Right (La Droite forte) led by Geoffroy Didier and Guillaume Peltier The Social Right (La Droite sociale) led by Laurent Wauquiez Modern and Humanist France (France moderne et humaniste) led by Luc Chatel, Jean Leonetti, Jean-Pierre Raffarin and Marc Laffineur Gaullism, a way forward for France (Le Gaullisme, une voie d'avenir pour la France) led by Michèle Alliot-Marie, Henri Guaino, Roger Karoutchi and Patrick Ollier The Popular Right (La Droite populaire) led by Thierry Mariani The Box of Ideas (La Boîte à idées) led by Maël de Calan, Enguerrand Delannoy, Matthieu Schlesinger and Pierre-Emmanuel Thiard Charter of Values Members were also called to approve or reject amendments to the party's charter of values.July 2018 InternetArchiveBot no Campaign The campaign between Fillon and Copé lasted two months. Fillon had a strong lead in polls of UMP 'sympathizers' (as opposed to actual members, who would be the only eligible voters) and was backed by most UMP parliamentariansFillon / Copé : le match de la présidence de l'UMP en chiffres Le Huffington Post 02/10/2012 while Copé claimed he was the candidate of party activists rather than party 'barons'.Jean-François Copé se pose en défenseur des militants UMP L'Express, 09/09/2012 However, Copé remained as secretary-general and retained control of the party machinery.UMP: pendant la campagne, Copé reste secrétaire généralL'Express, 29/08/2012 While Fillon's campaign was regarded as more consensual, moderate and centre-right; Copé campaigned as the candidate of the droite décomplexée ('uninhibited right')UMP : le projet économique « décomplexé » de Copé https://web.archive.org/web/20121111160244/http://www.lesechos.fr/economie-politique/politique/actu/0202302043897-ump-le-projet-economique-decomplexe-de-cope-368513.php 2012-11-11 Les Echos, 03/10/2012 and introduced issues such as anti-white racism.Copé dénonce l'existence d'un «racisme anti-Blanc» Le Figaro, 26/09/2012 However, both candidates received support from moderate and conservative members of the party and their main differences were in rhetoric, style and temperament.Copé-Fillon : ce qui les sépare Le Figaro, 26/10/2012 Copé, again, appeared more militant and activist, saying that he would support and participate in street demonstrationsPrésidence de l'UMP : Copé envisagerait d'appeler à manifester contre l'exécutif Le Point, 29/10/2012 while Fillon disagreed with his rival.Fillon écrit aux adhérents UMP et prend ses distances avec Copé L'Express, 04/11/2012 Results COCOE results The vote on 18 November saw high turnout but was quickly marred by allegations of irregularities and potential fraud on both sides.Présidence UMP: le scrutin est clos, mais des files d’attente encore dans les bureaux de vote Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace,18/11/2012 Both candidates proclaimed victory within 20 minutes of each other on the night of the vote.Copé ou Fillon ? Les trois enseignements d'une soirée ubuesque à l'UMP France TV Info, 18/11/2012 24 hours later, the control commission in charge of the vote (COCOE) announced Copé's victory by only 98 votes.Copé, la victoire au forceps Le Figaro, 20/11/2012 UMP leadership election results (COCOE, 19 November)Résultats des élections internes on the UMP website https://web.archive.org/web/20121127182602/http://www.u-m-p.org/actualites/a-la-une/resultats-des-elections-internes-79802011 2012-11-27 Jean-François Copé / Luc Chatel and Michèle Tabarot Union for a Popular Movement 87 388 50.03 François Fillon / Laurent Wauquiez and Valérie Pécresse Union for a Popular Movement 87 290 49.97 174 678 100.00 176 608 54.35 While Fillon initially conceded defeat, by 21 November his campaign claimed victory anew, with a 26-vote advantage over Copé.Présidence de l'UMP : le camp Fillon revendique la victoire, Le Monde 21/11/2012 Fillon's campaign argued that the COCOE had failed to take into account votes cast in three overseas federations. CONARE/CNR results Alain Juppé accepted to lead a mediation between both candidates on 23 November,UMP : le président de la Commission des recours rejette les conditions de Juppé Le Point, 23/11/2012 but it failed within two days. Fillon's announced "precautionary seizure" of ballots cast "to protect them from tampering or alteration"https://www.businessinsider.com/ump-leadership-struggle-suicide-2012-11 The French Right Wing Is Committing 'Live Suicide' Adam Taylor Business Insider 23 December 2018 and threatened to take the matter to court.« Pour tout comprendre à la bataille juridique entre Copé et Fillon », LeMonde.fr, 27 novembre 2012. On 26 November, the party appeals commission (CONARE or CNR) - led by a close supporter of Copé - decided in Copé's favour and rejected Fillon's arguments.Les calculs de la commission des recours favorables à M. Copé Le Monde 26/11/2012 The CNR voided the results in three precincts favourable to Fillon (two in Nice, the other was New Caledonia) and reintegrated the results from Mayotte and Wallis-et-Futuna. UMP leadership election results (CNR, 26 November)« La victoire de Copé à l'UMP confirmée par la commission de recours » RTS, 26/11/2012]Les calculs de la commission des recours favorables à M. Copé Le Monde 26/11/2012 Jean-François Copé / Luc Chatel and Michèle Tabarot Union for a Popular Movement 86 911 50.28 François Fillon / Laurent Wauquiez and Valérie Pécresse Union for a Popular Movement 85 959 49.72 172 870 100.00 Movements UMP motions vote result The Strong Right Union for a Popular Movement 41 758 27.77 The Social Right Union for a Popular Movement 32 609 21.29 Modern and Humanist France Union for a Popular Movement 27 311 18.17 Gaullism, a way forward for France Union for a Popular Movement 18 504 12.31 The Popular Right Union for a Popular Movement 18 504 12.31 The Box of Ideas Union for a Popular Movement 13 822 9.19 150 348 100.00 168 833 51.96 Crisis On 27 November, 72 filloniste parliamentarians in the National Assembly announced the creation of a new parliamentary group, the Rassemblement-UMP, led by Fillon.« UMP: le groupe filloniste déposé à l'Assemblée », Le Figaro, 27/11/2012 Copé took up former President Nicolas Sarkozy's proposal of organizing a referendum on a revote, but he saw the creation of the dissident filloniste group as a casus belli and took back his proposal. Luc Chatel, the new vice-president and a Copé supporter, later announced that he supported a new presidential vote and a modification of party statutes.« Chatel : "Il faut redonner la parole aux militants" » https://web.archive.org/web/20130325175639/http://www.lejdd.fr/Politique/Actualite/Luc-Chatel-Il-faut-redonner-la-parole-aux-militants-578648 2013-03-25 , Le JDD, 01/12/2012 The next day, Copé announced that he favoured organizing a referendum the modification of party statutes and a reduction of his own term as president to two years (until November 2014); while Fillon welcomed the "consensus on the organization of a new election" he rejected his rival's timeline and called for a new election before 2014.Fillon rejette la proposition Copé, le blocage se poursuit à l'UMP Le Monde-AFP, 02/12/2012 'Unaligned' members of the UMP led by Bruno Le Maire and Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet appealed for the organization of a new election in the spring of 2013 and a reform of the party statutes.« La crise UMP se transforme en guerre froide », Mediapart, 05/12/2012 Resolution Both rivals reached an agreement at the end of December 2012,https://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/politique/ump-l-accord-cope-fillon-adopte-a-l-unanimite-par-le-bureau-politique_1200751.html UMP: l'accord Copé-Fillon adopté à l'unanimité par le bureau politique 18 December 2012 LExpress.fr 23 December 2018 with Copé agreeing to the organization of a new election and a modification of party statutes while Fillon agreed to dissolve his parliamentary group. The party's leadership was reorganized in January 2013 to accommodate Copé and Fillon's supporters: Laurent Wauquiez and Valérie Pécresse joined Luc Chatel and Michèle Tabarot as vice-president and secretary-general respectively. Christian Estrosi, Gérard Longuet, Henri de Raincourt (pro-Fillon), Jean-Claude Gaudin, Brice Hortefeux and Roger Karoutchi (pro-Copé) also became vice-presidents. Other positions in the party hierarchy were divided between supporters of both candidates.Alexandre Lemarié, « Hortefeux, Ciotti, Morano... L’organigramme complet de la direction de l’UMP » https://web.archive.org/web/20130118013040/http://ump.blog.lemonde.fr/2013/01/15/dati-ciotti-morano-lorganigramme-complet-de-la-direction-de-lump/ 2013-01-18 , lemonde.fr, 15/01/2013 New leaders were also nominated in February 2013. References Election, 2012 Category:2012 elections in France Category:Political party leadership elections in France Union for a Popular Movement leadership election