Editing Movement for France (section)

=== 2000s === 
The MPF formed an alliance with the RPF, but Villiers fell out with Pasqua the following year. Standing by itself in the [[2004 European Parliament election in France|2004 European elections]], the MPF obtained 7.6% of the popular vote and returned three [[Member of the European Parliament|Members of the European Parliament]] (MEPs). The party was a member of the [[Independence and Democracy]] group in the European Parliament.

Villiers declared his candidacy for the [[2007 French presidential election|2007 presidential election]] and appointed a secretary-general, [[Guillaume Peltier]], then ranked second in the party. He ranked sixth out of twelve candidates, obtaining 2.23% (818,407 votes), down almost 2% from his previous candidacy in 1995. His best scores came in [[Pays de la Loire]] with 4.99% and [[Poitou-Charentes]] with 3.58%. Unlike in 1995, he failed to win in his department of [[Vendée]], where he obtained 11.28% (over 20% in 1995).

In the [[2007 French legislative election|2007 legislative election]], MPF candidates ran nationwide, but only one candidate was elected – [[Véronique Besse]] in [[Vendée's 4th constituency]] by the first round. Former MPF member [[Joël Sarlot]] was also elected by the first round in the [[Vendée's 5th constituency]]. Sarlot subsequently lent support to the victorious [[Union for a Popular Movement]] (UMP) in the National Assembly. Sarlot's election was invalidated in 2007 and [[Dominique Souchet]], a ''Villierist'' won the ensuing [[by-election]] easily. Other candidates, mostly in the south of France obtained important scores. [[Jacques Bompard]], in the 4th constituency of [[Vaucluse]] won over 20%.

In the [[2009 European Parliament election in France|2009 European Parliament election]], the party ran with [[Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Tradition]] under the umbrella of the [[Libertas Party|Libertas]] political movement led by Irish businessman [[Declan Ganley]]. It won 4.8% and only [[Philippe de Villiers]] was re-elected: [[Patrick Louis]] was defeated. The MPF was the only Libertas affiliated party throughout the whole of the European Union to elect MEPs in 2009. The party was member of the [[Europe of Freedom and Democracy]] (EFD) group during the [[Seventh European Parliament|7th European Parliament]].

In August 2009, Philippe de Villiers announced that the MPF would join the [[Liaison Committee for the Presidential Majority]], which co-ordinates the member parties of the majority supporting the policies of President [[Nicolas Sarkozy]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/actualites/politique/20090810.OBS7030/philippe_de_villiers_explique_les_raisons_de_son_rallie.html|title= Philippe de Villiers explique les raisons de son ralliement à l'UMP}}</ref>