Chirac founded the neo-Gaullist Rally for the Republic party, today transformed into the Union for a Popular Movement, or UMP, that Sarkozy headed before being elected president on May6.

• 他成立的共和党“新戴高乐主义”同盟将为萨科奇在5月6日当选总统前所领导的“人民运动联盟”取代。