Wishing to transform the party of which he has just taken the lead in “an army of militants,” the former president has promised to reward every month the best recruiters.
The UMP his departmental officials met on Saturday at party headquarters, rue de Vaugirard in Paris. It was an opportunity for Nicolas Sarkozy to remember it intends to pursue the project, having already submitted to the standing of the party MPs and senators in recent days. The primary goal given to representatives of the federations of France is to recruit all-out activists to transform the party into “armed militants”. “The more we are, the more our members will be representative of France as a whole,” he justified in arguing for the UMP again become “a place of gathering”, as busy as “the subway in 18 hours» , repeating the words of André Malraux said that “Gaullism is the metro at 6 pm.”
Wielding the carrot and the stick, Sarkozy has promised to reward every month best militants recruiters receiving them. The most ‘productive’ federations could be given a larger share of contributions donated by headquarters. But he also asked the executives “who are tired or not motivated” to make known “quickly”.
There is no crime of opinion in UMP
The president of the UMP also spoke of trench warfare being waged by the new leaders of the party he has appointed, or the grumbling of those without responsibility the new organization. “Everyone keeps his freedom of speech. There is no crime of opinion in the UMP, “he explained to Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet asking everyone” loyalty, solidarity and collective spirit. ” “We must finish with small ego quarrels,” said he also asked. Relegating media outlets Nadine Morano or Rachida Dati to “gnashing of teeth that do not count,” Sarkozy said he was “no question” for him to surround himself only his “only true”.
Criticized including no party line, the former head of state explained that the UMP was intended “to fill the space between the Socialist Party and the National Front” .dropoff window From the perspective of departmental and regional elections of 2015, he also reiterated that no agreement would be accepted with the FN. “Those who leave go to such agreements, they will leave the party, or it will make them leave,” he warned.
Sarkozy also warned against tensions emerging with the centrists. “No way to create the conditions of a division with partners of IDU, with whom we have ruled,” he said as the battle investiture is launched in the departments and regions. The alliance he wants to establish with the UDI must also carry the right and center to stand united in 2017. “I think more than ever the need for a joint application of the right and center to presidential election, “he argued.
I’m tired of acronyms that mean nothing
Meeting of the National Council – parliament party – will take place in late January to prepare “alternation”. It is up to him to define “the nature of the project that the UMP must offer the French,” said Sarkozy. As for the name change, which is expected early next year, he traced the specifications. “Ideally, a name that would mean something, a unifying name that would be a political symbol, he has explained. I’m tired of acronyms that do not mean anything. “
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