BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s environmentalist Greens have chosen co-leader Annalena Baerbock to make the party’s first bid for the chancellery in the country’s September election. The 40-year-old lawmaker’s nomination in a smoothly staged announcement on Monday contrasted with a power struggle in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s center-right Union bloc that has dragged into its second week. The Sept. 26 parliamentary election is unpredictable, in part because the incumbent isn’t seeking re-election. Merkel vowed in 2018 not to seek a fifth four-year term. Baerbock, who lacks government experience, said that she stands for renewal while other stand for the status quo.
