Member of the European Parliament In the European Parliament, Hayer has served on the
Committee on Budgets. She is also her parliamentary group's coordinator on the committee. In 2020, she served as the Parliament's
co-rapporteur (alongside
José Manuel Fernandes) on a successful motion to assign new tax revenues to the
budget of the European Union to repay its joint borrowing of 750 billion euros ($888 billion) for economic recovery after the
COVID-19 pandemic. She is also part of the Parliament's negotiating team for the
long-term EU budget (MFF) and own resources reform. In addition to her committee assignments, Hayer is part of the Parliament's delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). She is also a member of the European Internet Forum, the European Parliament Intergroup on Artificial Intelligence and Digital, the
European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights and the
MEPs Against Cancer group. In October 2021, Hayer and
Marie-Pierre Vedrenne were appointed as co-chairs of President
Emmanuel Macron's Renaissance electoral list in the European Parliament, replacing
Stéphane Séjourné. Hayer is also the president of the Association for European Revival, which is financed by LREM.
Renew Europe leadership, 2024–present In January 2024, Hayer was elected to succeed Séjourné as leader of Renew Europe, then the parliament’s third-largest political grouping. At 37 years, she became the youngest-ever liberal parliamentary leader as well as the first female one since
Simone Veil. In the June
2024 European Parliament election, Hayer led the
Ensemble (political coalition) formed by
Emmanuel Macron as part of
Renaissance (French political party) to a second-place finish, with 14.86% of the French national votes. == Political positions ==