On Sunday November 17, 2012 the official members of the UMP were invited to vote for the next President of the UMP party. The last one was Nicolas Sarkozy until his election as president of France in 2007.
The two candidates were the Former Prime Minister François Fillon and François Copé, the General Secretary of UMP.
Copé beat Fillon by 98 votes but since then there has been one almighty verbal fight in which both candidates claim they have won !!! Recounts have taken place and forgotten urns have been found. Jupé as an unofficial mediator tried to propose a solution but this was not successful. Fillon in fact wants a new vote.
Thus, for the best part of the last two weeks, the whole of France has been entertained by this tragic comedy.
One certain winner is the new French President, François Hollande, because the attention of French Voters has been deflected from him and his Government.
The National Front is another party which has benefitted by gaining numerous new members.
Fillon and Copé both have the same ambition, to become the President of France in 2017. Their current behaviour could ruin the chances of either or both of them because they are disappointing their own supporters.
However, as it has already been said, "French people have a short memory".
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