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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12133

9 November 2018
INSTITUTIONAL / Epp
Manfred Weber wins hands down against rival Alexander Stubb as Christian-Democrat Spitzenkandidat
Helsinki, 08/11/2018 (Agence Europe)

There was no suspense with regards the outcome of the vote, except over the number of votes cast for the two rival candidates.  On Thursday 8 November, in Helsinki (Finland), the 734 delegates of the European Christian Democrat Party, the EPP, overwhelmingly cast their votes in favour of Manfred Weber of Germany, who is leader of the EPP Group at the European Parliament, against Alexander Stubb of Finland.

The German candidate had the open support of Angela Merkel, Sebastian Kurz and EP...

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