MEP Valérie Hayer is in pole position to be named head of the list of the Macronist majority for the next European elections. Daughter and granddaughter of farmers, she would have the heavy responsibility of trying to counter unfavorable predictions.
“Barring an unforeseeable event, it will be her,” a close friend of the head of state told AFP, when another source within the executive underlines that the decision is almost confirmed, notably before a meeting on Sunday at the 'Elysée on the issue.