went out to a german politician who has set his sights on the european union s highest office today the european parliament conservative blog elected monfort weber s as their lead candidate to run for the job of commission president he s now the front runner to take over from john claude younger in many ways he is a surprise choice not only does he have little government experience he is also a staunch conservative. a german heading up the european commission that prospect came a step closer to reality this afternoon manfred vevo 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 of the want to make people an offer that we have a clear idea of where we want to lead europe watching us this favors platform is