Overview
- Laschet says federal ministers lack the mentality to solve problems without the chancellor and calls for greater independence in their portfolios.
- He argues that Chancellor Friedrich Merz has had to intervene repeatedly because ministers are not driving solutions themselves.
- He urges more movement in domestic and economic policy and insists that necessary reforms must be enacted immediately.
- He points to past minister-led changes, citing Norbert Blüm’s pension reforms, to argue for clear accountability by individual ministers.
- He names Katherina Reiche, Lars Klingbeil and Bärbel Bas as figures who could lead key portfolios and praises Merz as the right chancellor with strong international experience, saying time devoted to foreign policy is not excessive.