The Social Right (''La Droite sociale'') is a recognized movement within the

Union for a Popular Movement The Union for a Popular Movement (french: link=no, Union pour un mouvement populaire, ; UMP, ) was a centre-right List of political parties in France, political party in France that was one of the two major party, major contemporary political pa ...

(UMP). It was created as an informal club and

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Laurent Wauquiez Laurent Timothée Marie Wauquiez (; born 12 April 1975) is a French politician who has presided over the Regional Council of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes since 2016. He is a member of The Republicans (LR), which he led from 2017 to 2019 following the ...

, mayor of

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(

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) and a former cabinet minister.

History and ideology

The Social Right was created in 2011 by

and other UMP parliamentarians who wanted to emphasize the right's social policy, appeal to the middle-class and break the left's purported domination of social policy. It placed large emphasis on fighting welfare dependency, denounced as a "cancer" by Wauquiez. The Social Right proposed to condition a part of the ''

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'' to unpaid voluntary work and explored the possibility of reserving

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to those currently employed.

Weight within the UMP

As a motion for the November 2012 congress, the Social Right placed second with 21.69% of the motions vote.UMP : la Droite forte en tête du scrutin
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'', 20 November 2012

Leadership and supporters

The movement's leader is

, a '' filloniste'' deputy for the

and mayor of

. Parliamentarians which co-signed the motion included: Brigitte Barèges, Caroline Cayeux,

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, Gérard Cherpion and Yves Nicolin. Parliamentarians could co-sign more than one motion.

References

External links

Official website
{{Union for a Popular Movement Political party factions in France Factions and associate parties of the Union for a Popular Movement