German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers a statement to the media outside the CDU/CSU faction rooms after the election of Ralph Brinkhaus as the new parliamentary group leader at a joint meeting of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Christian Social Union (CSU) parties' faction, in Berlin, Germany, 25 September 2018. Ralph Brinkhaus succeeds the faction's long-time former parliamentary group leader Volker Kauder.