Europeans 2019: Manfred Weber wants a Christian-democratic Europe

The leader of European conservatives and favorite for the presidency of the European Commission, Manfred Weber, said Saturday would want an EU that rests on its Christian values and leaves Turkey out.

"We are proud that this continent has a Christian influence" and "it is not only something for the museum, it should guide us for the future," Weber said in the German city of Münster, the opening meeting of the European campaign of the center-right parties in power in Germany, Angela Merkel's CDU and the Bavarian CSU, of which he is a member.

These Christian values must also lead the Europeans to be "frank" in their talks with Ankara, "which is why I believe that Turkey can not be a member of the EU," he insisted. applauded by his supporters.....