Presentation to the Group of the European People’s Party (EPP Group)

From 2006 to 2009, Manfred Weber was Spokesman on Home Affairs for the EPP-ED Group, as the EPP Group was known at the time. He has been a Member of the EPP Group Bureau since 2006 and was elected Vice-Chair of the EPP Group after the 2009 European elections, before becoming Chair in 2014.

Born in Coblence in 1926, Valéry Giscard d’Estaing is one of the founding fathers of Europe having dedicated his life to ensuring that Europe remains a key economic power on a global stage.

Erika is Chief Executive of Re-Imagine Europa (RIE). She has been working in the field of connecting science, society and policy for over a decade. She is fellow at PlusValue, a UK-based European company focusing on social innovation; she is board member of Citizen Communication Platform, a Swedish project to promote stronger communication with citizens; and member of the committee supporting the work of Luc Van den Brande, Special Adviser to President Jean- Claude Juncker, for the Report on the “Outreach towards Citizen” Strategy.

Martin Kamp has been Secretary-General of the EPP Group in the European Parliament since 2007. He was appointed under the former Group Chairman Joseph Daul and is currently serving under Group Chairman Manfred Weber.

Alain Lamassoure is a senior MEP from the EPP and former Minister of Budget, of European Affairs and Spokesperson of the French government. He was a Member of the European Convention presided by former French President Valéry Giscard d’Estaing. Former chair of the Parliament’s special committee on tax rulings, he is now a Member of the Constitutional Affairs committee as well as of the Economic and Monetary Affairs committee.