UMP picks Cope
Tuesday 20 November 2012
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EmailJean-Francois Cope became right-wing party UMP's leader late on Monday night by just 98 votes in a race so bitter some thought it could split the party.
Mr Cope, an ally of ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy, wooed the far right with his successful campaign to ban Muslim veils.
He beat the more centrist former PM Francois Fillon.
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