Portuguese MEP João Fernando Cotrim de Figueiredo is challenging Valérie Hayer, Chair of the Renew Group in the European Parliament. He is her opponent in the election of the group leader on Tuesday. Cotrim de Figueiredo is the candidate of the European party family Alde, which, alongside the Macron movement, has Renaissance MEPs in the Renew Group. He is not given much of a chance. Hayer also has the support of Alde member parties. The German FDP MPs, for example, are members of Alde. mgr