Kuva: Manfred Weber has gained support from EPP leaders to be the party’s candidate for the Commission presidency | Sean Gallup/Getty Image

Euroopan kansanpuolueen ryhmässä eli EPP:ssä seitsemän kahdeksasta valtionpäämiehestä tai -naisesta tukee saksalaista Manfred Weberia kärkiehdokaskisassa, uutisoi Politico.

Ainoa, joka ei lehden mukaan ole antanut tukeaan Weberille on tällä hetkellä Unkarin pääministeri Viktor Orban

https://www.politico.eu/article/manfred-weber-commission-president-support-epp-spitzenkandidat/

Manfred Weber secured the support of seven of the eight heads of EU countries belonging to the European People’s Party for his bid to be European Commission president, EPP officials said.

Two EPP officials said “official letters of support” for Weber had been received from the prime ministers of Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus and Ireland, as well as the Austrian chancellor and the National Liberal Party of the Romanian president.

Weber already had the support of his fellow German, Chancellor Angela Merkel. That means the only conservative leader who hasn’t declared his support for Weber is Viktor Orbán, the Hungarian prime minister.

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