Greens propose Annalena Baerbock in first bid for German chancellor
Political scientist and foreign-policy expert Baerbock wants to be Germany’s youngest-ever chancellor
19 April 2021 - 17:40
Berlin — Germany’s Greens drew a sharp contrast to their bickering conservative rivals in the contest to succeed Angela Merkel as chancellor, proposing Annalena Baerbock as their lead candidate for September’s national election.
The party, which is nipping at the heels of Merkel’s Christian Democrat-led bloc, picked the 40-year-old political scientist and foreign-policy expert to run their campaign. It was a smooth, well-orchestrated process, compared with the messy spectacle that has split the conservative alliance...
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