BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The race to be the next head of the European Commission, a job with sweeping powers over policy affecting 500 million Europeans, became a little clearer on Tuesday with two of the EU's main political groups now proposing single candidates.
ALDE, the alliance of Europe's Liberal parties and the third largest bloc in the European Parliament, has decided to back Guy Verhofstadt, the former prime minister of Belgium, as its candidate for Commission president.
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