Valérie Hayer

Valérie Hayer has a key role to play in the pro-European platform in the EU Parliament: the majority behind Ursula von der Leyen is more fragile than ever in the Commission President's second term of office. The Christian Democrat Manfred Weber and the Spanish Socialist Iratxe García Pérez do not only disagree politically. The relationship between the two group leaders is also personally fractured. Macron confidante and Renew leader Hayer is therefore increasingly in demand as a bridge builder and mediator between the two opponents.