Many didn't see it coming.
At 37, MEP (Renaissance) Valérie Hayer is unknown to the general public, but she now occupies one of the key positions in the European Parliament.
Since she was elected head of the Macronist group Renew last Thursday, becoming the second woman to lead the centrist family after Simone Veil, her new functions place her on the front line.
Particularly in the run-up to the European elections on June 9.
Wasn't his predecessor in this position, Stéphane Séjourné, preparing to head the Macron camp's list, before being appointed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs?
As a result, in the discussions of senior Macronist officials, in Paris and in Brussels, Valérie Hayer now joins the series of potential candidates.
The head of state, who surveyed Richard Ferrand and tested Jean-Yves Le Drian, does not despair of convincing his former Minister of Agriculture, Julien Denormandie, to return to politics to endorse this...
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