Analysis: Could Germany get a Green chancellor? It's within the party's reach


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  • Tuesday, 13 Apr 2021

FILE PHOTO: Leaders of Germany's Green Party Robert Habeck and Annalena Baerbock are seen during the delegates' conference in Bielefeld, Germany November 16, 2019. REUTERS/Leon Kuegeler/File Photo

BERLIN (Reuters) - Could an author of children's books or a former trampolinist succeed Angela Merkel as chancellor of Germany? Either is possible, and both are from the ecologist Greens.

A Greens chancellor is still only an outside chance after a Sept. 26 federal election, but the party has grown into a formidable force that is just a few points behind Angela Merkel's conservatives, who have ruled for 16 years.

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