Woman, forty years old, ecologist: “I’m applying for Premier, it’s time to change”.
The deputy Annalena Baerbock, exponent of Gave, will be a candidate for the German Chancellery on September 26th.
The elections that will mark the end of the long political cycle of Angela Merkel, who after 16 years at the helm of the country will not re-nominate, will see the young ecologist face a very ambitious challenge: “Yes, I have not been chancellor or minister. I take the field for change. Others are fighting for the status quo. I believe that this country needs a new start ”, he said in his speech after the official candidacy, and stressed that climate protection is the“ foundation of the future ”.
Polls show the Greens as the second German party with the 20% of the votes, immediately behind CDU / CSU: consensus would therefore more than double compared to the 8.9% obtained at the 2017 consultations.
“It is a special day in the history of the Greens and our history,” said the leader of the Greens Robert Habeck, saying he was proud to have “built a new style of party leadership. We think it did the party good. I’ve always wanted power to have lived this way. I always wanted power to be lived like this. “Regarding the candidacy for the role of Premier, he admitted:” We both wanted to do it, but only one could.