German Greens choose Annalena Baerbock as candidate for chancellor

Germany’s Green party co-leader Annalena Baerbock gives a speech during a digital announcement event in Berlin, Germany, where the party presented her as top candidate for chancellor (Annegret Hilse/Pool via AP)

Germany’s environmentalist Greens have chosen co-leader Annalena Baerbock to make their first bid for the chancellery in the country’s September election.

Ms Baerbock’s nomination was unveiled by the party’s other co-leader, Robert Habeck, in a smoothly staged announcement that contrasted with the increasingly heated standoff in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s centre-right Union bloc.