2. The ruling UMP party, which Mr Chirac originally founded to further his own career, has been transformed into Mr Sarkozy's personal electoral machine.
执政党人民运动联盟(ump)最初是由希拉克创建用以帮助自己的事业发展,现已变为萨尔科齐个人的竞选机器。
3. "These hostage takings, we know how it starts but no one knows how far it can go, " said Xavier Bertrand, a former labor minister now secretary-general of the ruling UMP party.
法国前劳工部部长、执政党人民运动联盟现任秘书长泽维尔-伯特兰德说:“关于这些劫持案件,我们知道它们是怎么开始的,但没有人知道会发展到什么地步。”