Manfred Weber

Summary
Manfred Weber is a German politician from the Christian Social Union in Bavaria who served as President of the European Commission from 2019 to 2024 having previously been the Leader of the European People's Party since 2014 before running to be spitzenkandidat of the EPP, and prior to that being a Member of the European Parliament and Member of the Landtag of Bavaria.

In his tenure as President of the European Commission, Manfred Weber pushed for further European integration in order to create what he termed an Ambitious Europe. He directed his Commission to focus on five key policy areas;
 * Integrating European Defence and Foreign Policy further so that Europe could have one voice on the international stage.
 * Making Europe's environment cleaner than even before and strengthen standards.
 * Promote competition online and between physical stores whilst championing European companies over foreign multi-nationals.
 * Guarding against future crisis with a deeper Capital Markets Union and Eurozone reform.
 * Creating a Common Migration and Asylum Policy for the European Union.