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TEHRAN, Jul 16 -German conservative Manfred Weber urged EU lawmakers to back Ursula von der Leyen as the next head of the European Commission in a knife-edge vote on Tuesday, warning that a rejection would create political instability in Europe.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) -“We don’t need opposition now, what we now need is a constructive spirit,” Weber told ZDF television. Weber, himself a former candidate for the EU’s top job, said that von der Leyen was a political bridge-builder and a passionate European.
Von der Leyen, an ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, faces a make-or-break vote on Tuesday evening in her quest to become the European Commission’s first female leader.
Source: reuters
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