Who will be Germany's new EU commissioner in Brussels? The grand coalition is divided, with both the CDU and SPD backing their own politicians for the job. Now Chancellor Angela Merkel is throwing her weight behind Interior Minister Wolfgang Schäuble, according to media reports.

After their strong showing in the European elections, Germany's conservative Christian Democrats are pushing for a CDU politician to become Germany's new European Commissioner. Now Chancellor Angela Merkel is backing Interior Minister Wolfgang Schäuble to represent Germany in the EU, according to a report in Thursday's edition of the newspaper Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung.

 Merkel's man in Europe? Information from sources close to Merkel suggested the chancellor is backing her fellow Christian Democrat in keeping with remarks made after her party's European election win that she wanted a CDU politician to assume the post. The paper dubbed him "the hot candidate." The Chancellery declined to comment on the report, while a spokesman for the Interior Ministry described the report as "pure fiction."