Unbelievably Messy Process

摘要

It Was supposed to be a leadership election to clear the air after the party's 2012 defeats, and set it up for the next elections in five years' time. Instead, the right-wing ump's internal election turned from farce to fiasco after the wafer-thin victory of Jean-Francois Cope, by just 98 votes, was contested by the loser, Francois Fillon. In an impasse, the party is now bitterly divided, with many deputies deeply worried about its future.