One of Brexit's biggest critics is standing for European Commission's leadership.

Manfred Weber at Downing Street for talks over
Brexit with Theresa May in November 2017 (Getty)

The race to replace Jean-Claude Juncker as European Commission president is underway after German conservative Manfred Weber became the first would-be successor to announce their candidacy.

It has been a badly kept secret in Brussels that Weber, who leads the largest political group in the European parliament and an ally of German chancellor Angela Merkel, covets the EU’s most powerful role.

Now he has broken cover in a bid to get a head start on potential competitors from his own centre-right European People’s Party group, which could include EU Brexit chief Michel Barnier.

By Luke James. 

Full story at Yahoo News.