EU's Timmermans is Dutch left's lead candidate for Nov vote

FILE PHOTO: First Vice President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans speaks at the Bloomberg Global Business Forum in New York City, U.S., September 20, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid//File Photo

THE HAGUE (Reuters) -The Netherlands' Labour and Green Left parties proposed EU climate chief Frans Timmermans as the only candidate to lead their joint ticket in a parliamentary election due in November, the Green Left party said on Friday.

In July, Timmermans said he wanted to become the next prime minister and would be a candidate to lead the joint ticket.