Macron's pro-EU party kicks off European Parliament campaign

A view of the European Parliament during a plenary session in Strasbourg, eastern France, Wednesday March 27, 2019. The Parliament discusses the conclusions of the 21-22 March EU summit, including Brexit, with European Council President Donald Tusk and Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

Anti-Brexit demonstrators wave EU flags on a bus driving by Parliament Square in Westminster, London, Friday, March 29, 2019. Pro-Brexit demonstrators were gathering in central London on the day that Britain was originally scheduled to leave the European Union. British lawmakers will vote Friday on what Prime Minister Theresa May's government described as the "last chance to vote for Brexit." (AP Photo/ Frank Augstein)

PARIS – With Brexit looming and nationalism rising, French President Emmanuel Macron's pro-EU party is launching its campaign for the European Parliament elections.

The centrist Republic on the Move party and allies are holding a rally Saturday in the Paris suburb of Aubervilliers. The grouping calls itself Renaissance.

Polls suggest Renaissance will be among France's top two vote-getters in the May elections, alongside Marine Le Pen's anti-immigration, far-right National Rally.

Saturday's Renaissance rally will be led by Nathalie Loiseau, who quit this week as France's European Affairs minister to lead the campaign.

Popularity is growing in some EU countries for politicians who want to reinstate borders and roll back European cooperation built since World War II.

French voters will fill 79 of the European legislature's 705 seats. Macron hopes his pro-EU vision can inspire voters beyond France's borders, too.

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