Manfred Weber to announce candidacy to front center-right

German conservative Manfred Weber will on Wednesday announce his candidacy to front the center-right in European elections due next year, Der Spiegel magazine reported.

If other member parties were to back Weber, who leads the center-right European People's Party caucus in the European Union Parliament, the Bavarian conservative would be the frontrunner to succeed Jean-Claude Juncker as the EU's day-to-day leader.

In an unsourced report, Spiegel said Weber would make the announcement in Brussels at 1045 GMT.

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