German Greens launch chancellor bid as Merkel bloc squabbles

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German Greens launch chancellor bid as Merkel bloc squabbles

FILE-In this April 11, 2021 taken photo Markus Soeder, right, State Governor of Bavaria and CSU party leader, stands next to Armin Laschet, CDU federal leader and State Governor of North Rhine-Westphalia, after a press conference at the German parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany. Pressure mounted Saturday on the two contenders to lead Chancellor Angela Merkel's center-right bloc into September's German election to agree on which of them will run to succeed her and end their power struggle. (Michael Kappeler/dpa via AP)

German Greens launch chancellor bid as Merkel bloc squabbles

FILE-In this April 11, 2021 taken photo Markus Soeder, right, State Governor of Bavaria and CSU party leader, stands next to Armin Laschet, CDU federal leader and State Governor of North Rhine-Westphalia, after a press conference at the German parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany. Pressure mounted Saturday on the two contenders to lead Chancellor Angela Merkel's center-right bloc into September's German election to agree on which of them will run to succeed her and end their power struggle. (Michael Kappeler/dpa via AP)