sentences:  He was elected as a representative to the French National Assembly on 16 June 2002, in the 3rd constituency of Eure, Normandy.He was the president of the Union for French Democracy (UDF) in the National Assembly.After the UDF's candidate for the 2007 presidential election, François Bayrou, did not make it to the 2nd round, he hinted that he attempted to create an alliance with the Socialist Party and decided to found a new political party