German Manfred Weber alone in the running to lead the European People's Party

German Manfred Weber here in Strasbourg in September 2019 is currently the leader of the EPP group in the European Parliament.

AP - Jean-Francois Badias

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The European right is giving itself a new leader on Tuesday.

The European People's Party (EPP), an alliance of many conservative movements, has until now been led by Poland's Donald Tusk.

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, the Bavarian Manfred Weber wants to give color to his movement.

This alliance of 81 conservative parties in 43 countries fell back in the last elections in Western Europe, in Germany last fall and more recently in France.

Manfred Weber wants to break this trend that successes in the East could not compensate.

Seven of the 27 leaders of the European Union today are members of the European People's Party.

Manfred Weber, 49, wants to put his experience at the service of his future duties.

The moderate leader of the CSU, the Bavarian sister party of the CDU, has been a member of the European Parliament since 2004 and has led the EPP group there since 2014.

The one whose candidacy to take over the presidency of the Commission in 2019 was rejected by Emmanuel Macron not only wants to restore color to his party, but also to make it more than today a place of debates and proposals for Europe. against the French president whom he accuses of lacking substance.

Manfred Weber, who has been criticized for lacking stature and charisma, will have to prove that he is up to his ambitions. 

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