also the european parliament's conservative bloc elected month of baber as their lead candidate to run for the job commission president is now the front runner to take over from john clune in many ways he's a surprise shores not only does he have little government experience he's also a staunch conservative. a german heading up the european commission that prospect came a step closer to reality this afternoon manfred faber will be the lead candidate for the european conservatives in next year's euro elections the berrien conservative veteran won a decisive victory over his finnish rival alexander stubb. when you're elected with nearly eighty percent of the vote it puts you in a strong position to take on the responsibility to want to make people an offer that we have a clear idea of where we want to lead europe watching us. favors platform is a conservative one playing up the importance of homeland and his christian roots he