German chancelor welcomes Weber's bid to become EU chief executive

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday that she welcomed Manfred Weber's bid to succeed Jean-Claude Juncker as EU chief executive after EU parliamentary elections next year.

"Now we have to wait until the final nomination," Merkel said, adding there were still many more steps before Weber could become the next president of the European Commission.

Weber is a member of the Christian Social Union (CSU) - the Bavarian sister party to Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) - and he is the leader of the European People's Party (EPP).

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