BERLIN( Reuters)-Germany's Greens on Thursday nominated co-leader Annalena Baerbock to become foreign minister in the next government and confirmed they would propose Robert Habeck as vice-chancellor and economy minister with responsibility for climate policy. The nominations, along with those for other cabinet posts, were made on Thursday at the start of a consultation process with Greens members to ratify the coalition deal the party has agreed with the Social Democrats( SPD) and Free Democrat

Former rear admiral and managing director of Merl House Consultants Dr Chris Parry spoke to Express.co.uk and predicted the new GermanChancellor would likely be a" compromise" candidate as he explained it would be difficult following Angela Merkel's long time in office.... The chancellor candidates for the German elections, due to be held on September 26, have been marred with controversies ranging from CDU's Armin Laschet laughing during a sober German flood briefing to Green candidateAnnalena

BERLIN( Reuters)-German prosecutors have opened an investigation into the two leaders of the co-governing Greens, Robert Habeck and Annalena Baerbock, over alleged special coronavirus payments, the party said on Wednesday. Spiegel Online reported the start of the investigation for a possible breach of trust to the detriment of the party over illegal payments of 1, 500 euros to Greens board members in 2020.... The allegations concern the approval of a" coronavirus bonus" given by board members t

" It is not true that there was a copyright breach and we said this clearly." The party had earlier this week rejected the accusations and hired a prominent libel lawyer.... A party spokesperson has said Baerbock was being subjected to a character assassination.... An INSA poll for Bild daily showed on Thursday that only 23.2% of those asked thought Baerbock was credible, compared with 58.4% who deemed her not credible. Most polls now put Merkel's conservatives 8-10 percentage points ahead of

Annalena Baerbock, center, and Robert Habeck, federal leaders of the Greens, sit next to Robert Habeck, vote next to Katrin Goering-Eckardt, leader of the parliamentary group during a congress in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Oct.... A congress of the environmentalist party signed off on negotiators' recommendation to open full-fledged talks on a government led by center-left Social Democrat Olaf Scholz.... The proposed coalition could be" a big win for the Greens, for Germany," co-leader Robert Ha

Open this photo in gallery The candidate for chancellor of the German Green party, Annalena Baerbock, speaks during an election campaign event in Halle near Leipzig, Germany, on Sept.... “ That’s time we simply don’t have.” Ms.... Baerbock, who at 40 is significantly younger than her two main rivals, cites a recent UN report showing that time is running out to prevent catastrophic planetary warming....

Climate change has been ranked ahead of immigration and COVID-19 as German voters’ top election issue ahead of Sunday's vote. But, for the German Greens, that hasn’t translated into election opinion polls.... Younger voters are also a smaller demographic in Germany's ageing population.“[ Baerbock] is a self-confident, relatively young woman.... It's the first time the party has presented a chancellor candidate and they're polling much higher than in 2017. Most analysts expect that they will li

PARIS( Reuters)-The election in Russia was not a real election, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Monday.... " Russia's election was an election without choice," she said at the start of a summit of European foreign ministers.... She also said that the EU would pave the way for new sanctions against Russia....

Summary Germany, EU top diplomat, UN experts criticize deal Inner EU disputes on migration hurt bloc's unity A tale of three letters UNITED NATIONS, Sept 22( Reuters)-German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock joined a growing chorus of critics of the European Union's new migration deal with Tunisia, saying human rights and procedural faults ruled it out as a blueprint for the future. Her letter to the EU executive European Commission highlights the EU's inner conflict between those pursuing ever

BERLIN( Reuters)-Germany's Greens urged activist groups to lobby their would-be government coalition partners to accept stronger climate protection measures, after supporters of the party expressed dismay that a draft deal did not go far enough.In the undated letter, seen by Reuters, the party's leaders admitted they had failed to win enough commitments from their Social Democrat( SPD) and liberal( FDP) partners and asked the activist groups, including WWF Germany, to help put their case. The le