Jacques Serais 10:27 a.m., March 8, 2024

After Jordan Bardella last weekend for the National Rally, on Saturday, it is the turn of the MEP, Valérie Hayer, to hold her first campaign meeting for the European elections.

This gathering will take place at the Grand Palais in Lille, a meeting which promises to be crucial for the majority. 

Valérie Hayer prepares her baptism of fire.

This is how those around him describe Saturday’s meeting.

If the head of the presidential majority list is used to speaking to members of the European Parliament, this exercise will have nothing to do with it, explains an advisor.

For her, the stakes are high: to show that she is legitimate within her own camp and to assert herself against her opponent, the ultra favorite, Jordan Bardella.

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5,000 activists expected in Lille

For the occasion, Valérie Hayer will be able to count on the support of the Prime Minister who will precede her to the podium.

On the Renaissance side, many are betting on an Attal effect to breathe life into this campaign launch.

“We will not have to be ashamed of the RN meeting in Marseille,” says a party executive, counting on the arrival of around 5,000 activists in the northern capital.

Lille, a city which was not chosen at random.

“By train, Lille is the link between Paris and Brussels,” describes an advisor.

And the head of the list intends to showcase his experience.

This formula slipped by one of his relatives could well appear in his speech.

“That Europe can continue to be reformed by those who believe in it rather than distorted by those who do not believe in it.”