17/02/2023 (Agence Europe) – French MEP and Chair of the Renew Europe group in the European Parliament, Valérie Hayer, was officially appointed head of list for French President Emmanuel Macron’s Renaissance party at the party’s Executive Committee meeting on Thursday evening 29 February (see EUROPE 13359/23). Following her appointment, she spoke out on social network X: “I am honoured to have been entrusted by Emmanuel Macron and his presidential majority with this European election campaign. You can count on my determination and energy to lead us to victory. Political reactions followed immediately, including that of the French Prime Minister, Gabriel Attal: “Need Europe with you”. (PLD)