Jean-Francois Cope, the head of France's right-wing UMP opposition, gives a press conference at the party headquarters on November 26, 2012 in Paris. Former prime minister Francois Fillon, 58, and ambitious UMP secretary general Jean-Francois Cope, 48, have traded accusations of fraud and bad faith since last November 18 party vote ended with Cope ahead by a handful of votes. AFP PHOTO / KENZO TRIBOUILLARD