Germany’s Greens name Annalena Baerbock as chancellor candidate

Robert Habeck tells party co-chair the stage is all yours' as CDU/CSU rivals squabble over candidate choice

Germany's Green party has named its co-chair Annalena Baerbock as candidate for chancellor in autumn's federal election, as the party rides high in the polls and the ruling conservative bloc squabbles over its own choice to succeed Angela Merkel.

Baerbock, 40, viewed as a tenacious, down-to earth centrist with an eye for detail, and an expert on climate change and how to tackle it, told a small party gathering she aimed to make politics for society at large". She described her candidacy as an offer, an invitation to lead our diverse, prosperous, strong country into a good future".