> Since he is still considered important in their party He is, in fact, the current head of the main conservative party, and will no doubt be presidential can

> Since he is still considered important in their party He is, in fact, the current head of the main conservative party, and will no doubt be presidential candidate in 2017. > I suppose many had the same dilemma and didn't come. I suspect the dilemma was more about avoiding to support the current majority too openly. As you said, nobody will mistake the UMP for a bastion of privacy and individual freedoms.