WORLD:

Armin Laschet is the new CDU chairman.

Is that a good choice for the FDP?

Wolfgang Kubicki:

As Prime Minister in North Rhine-Westphalia, Armin Laschet documents that he can work well with the FDP.

In this respect, the CDU has made a sensible choice.

Friedrich Merz would not have been a bad choice either.

With him there could have been a completely different debate.

It would then have been much more about how we can maintain our prosperity and economic performance in the current crisis.

WELT:

Your prognosis: What will Armin Laschet focus on in the coming months?