By Loris Boichot
Published on 03/09/2024 at 7:55 p.m., Updated yesterday at 12:09 p.m.
Valérie Hayer, surrounded by Prime Minister Gabriel Attal (left) and the President of the National Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet (right), Saturday at the Grand Palais in Lille. SAMEER AL-DOUMY / AFP
For her first meeting since her appointment, the MEP, surrounded by figures from the majority including Gabriel Attal, dramatized the June 9 election. Against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine, the Prime Minister castigated the “vast deception” of the “Le Pen clan”.
Special envoy to Lille (North)
In front of a huge screen studded with stars, a young activist harangues the public into a microphone. He parodies a song from the 2018 World Cup: “Valérie Hayer, I don’t think you know her. She comes from Mayenne, she will beat the RN, we vote for Valérie Hayer!” A few moments later, this Saturday, the head of the presidential camp list takes a long walkabout by entering the room of the Grand Palais in Lille (North), alongside Prime Minister Gabriel Attal. Perched on a chair, Rachida Dati, who came like almost all the ministers and around 3,000 spectators, waves a European flag.
For her first public meeting since her appointment, three months to the day before the European election on June 9, Valérie Hayer chose to dramatize these elections. “The most important in our history”she said in a video broadcast before her entry on stage, using the formula of Stéphane Séjourné, leader of the party…
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