The Social Right was created in 2011 by Laurent Wauquiez and other UMP parliamentarians who wanted to emphasize the right's social policy, appeal to the middle-class and break the left's purported domination of social policy.[1] It placed large emphasis on fighting welfare dependency, denounced as a "cancer" by Wauquiez.
The Social Right proposed to condition a part of the Revenu de solidarité active to unpaid voluntary work and explored the possibility of reserving social housing to those currently employed.[2][3]
Weight within the UMP
As a motion for the November 2012 congress, the Social Right placed second with 21.69% of the motions vote.[4]