26/02/2024 (Agence Europe) – French MEP Valérie Hayer, recently elected chair of the Renew Europe group in the European Parliament (EUROPE 13336/22), is set to be appointed head of the list of the French presidential party Renaissance for the June elections. While the choice of the President, Emmanuel Macron, has not yet been made official, several French media have indicated that the announcement of Ms Hayer’s appointment is imminent. The information was revealed on Sunday 25 February by the media outlet La Tribune, which reported that the President of the Republic had said he had made his decision on the sidelines of the Salon de l’Agriculture in Paris on 24 February, without yet specifying that it concerned Ms Hayer. She is due to be questioned on the subject at the press conference for the Renew group’s plenary session in Strasbourg on Tuesday 27 February. (PLD)