German ally of Merkel, Manfred Weber, gives up claim to lead EU executive

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A conservative ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday formally gave up his claim to become the next head of the European Commission, marking a step toward an agreement on assigning the bloc's top jobs.

布鲁塞尔（路透社） - 德国总理安格拉•默克尔（Angela Merkel）的保守盟友周二正式放弃了成为欧盟委员会下一任主席的主张，标志着朝着分配欧盟最高职位的协议迈出了一步。 / p>

Manfred Weber had been appointed as the lead candidate - or so-called 'Spitzenkandidat' - to take over the executive EU Commission by the center-right European People's Party (EPP), which is the biggest, albeit weakened, force in the new European Parliament following a continent-wide election in May.

Manfred Weber被任命为主要候选人 - 或所谓的'Spitzenkandidat' - 接管中右翼欧洲人民党（EPP）的欧盟委员会执行委员会在5月份的大陆选举之后，这是新欧洲议会中最大的，虽然削弱了力量。

“My journey as Spitzenkandidat started here and it is ending here,” Weber told the EPP lawmakers during an inaugural session of the new EU assembly in the French city of Strasbourg, his spokesman said on Twitter.

“我作为Spitzenkandidat的旅程从这里开始，到此为止，”韦伯他的发言人在推特上说，在法国斯特拉斯堡举行的欧盟新议会就职典礼上向EPP立法者说。

That paves the way for center-right national leaders, including Merkel, and lawmakers to endorse a tentative deal reached by all 28 EU national leaders on Tuesday after three days of tortuous talks on who would next hold the bloc's key positions.

这为中右翼国家领导人铺平了道路，包括默克尔和立法者支持所有28位欧盟国家领导人在经过三天曲折谈判后达成的一项初步协议。 ld接下来保持集团的关键位置。

The proposal would see the Commission presidency going to a center-right German politician but it still requires approval from the European Parliament.

该提案将使委员会主席向一名中右翼的德国政客发起，但仍需要得到欧洲议会的批准。