Sentence The word 'ump' can be used in written English, but it is considered informal and is primarily used to refer to an umpire in a sporting context.
For example, "The outfielder got into a heated argument with the ump about the call he made."
Mr Sarkozy has made such claims something of a central theme of the European election campaign for his party, the centre-right UMP.
Stripping convicted prisoners of their nationality is a threat that has been made by the far-right Front National party, and the opposition rightwing UMP party, but has been used in only eight cases since 1973.
He said she was worse than the FN's political opponents – the rightwing UMP and French Socialist party – because "those adversaries fight you to your face, she is stabbing me in the back".
Exit polls suggested that Marine Le Pen's populist, anti-immigration party had come second to the centre-right UMP, led by Nicolas Sarkozy, a former president.
That remains far-fetched, although one UMP deputy recently called on the party to consider local electoral alliances with the National Front to ward off such an outcome.
"The party's political line has been defined," a jubilant Mr Copé declared, vowing that the UMP would henceforth "combat political correctness".
The situation, said Alain Juppé, a former prime minister, was "irresponsible and disastrous: the very existence of the UMP is at stake".Mr Fillon had been favourite for the job.
After deciding last year to make a political comeback, and since securing the UMP leadership, he has struggled to reassert himself and to convince the public that he is the political leader France needs.
In a December poll she scored a 33% approval rating, up six points on the previous month and higher than her father.In darker moments politicians from the ruling UMP party worry that next year's presidential election could turn into a 2002 in reverse: the unpopular Mr Sarkozy beaten by the National Front into the second-round run-off.
Sanader is already being tried on two further sets of graft charges.In France, President Nicolas Sarkozy, in the middle of his re-election campaign, is having to contend with a judicial inquiry into his UMP party's finances, with allegations this week that it benefited from 800,000 euros from L'Oreal billionaire Liliane Bettencourt, the wealthiest woman in France.
His team includes such energetic men as Nicolas Sarkozy (who also heads the ruling UMP party), at the interior ministry, and Thierry Breton, at finance.
