Germany's Habeck to give up leading role in Greens after election result

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Robert Habeck, who had run in Sunday's election as the chancellor candidate for the environmentalist Greens, said he would no longer take a leading role in his party after what he described as a disappointing result.

"This result does not meet my expectations. It is not a good result," Habeck, also economy minister, told reporters on Monday.

"I will no longer seek any leading role in the personnel setup of the Greens," he said.

The party, which ruled with Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats and the Free Democrats until November, when the coalition collapsed, came fourth in the vote with 11.6%. There is almost no prospect of the party having a role in government.

(Reporting by Ludwig Burger; Writing by Madeline Chambers; Editing by Miranda Murray)