A prerequisite for successful integration is a minimum level of knowledge about other cultures, because you have to be interested in them, said the former German chancellor.
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel sees the responsibility of Germans in the successful integration of migrants . In an interview with Der Spiegel, he said: “There is no integration without the openness and willingness to change of the host society. A prerequisite for this is a minimum level of knowledge about other cultures, because you have to be interested in them".
Even today, Merkel considers it a correct decision that Germany kept its borders open during migration wave of 2015 According to him, if he had not done so, all talk about European values and human dignity would have become discredited. The former chancellor also refuses to turn back illegal migrants at the border, as demanded by his former party alliance, CDU/CSU.
"I don't think this is right anymore. It is an illusion to assume that everything will be fine if we turn the refugees back at the German border"
Angela Merkel said.
The autobiography of the ex-chancellor will be published next week. In it, we will also read about his memories of Hungarian migrants, which reminded the former chancellor of the GDR in 2015. In this, Merkel also defends her selfies with migrants, with which she became famous and immortalized in the Arab world as "Mother Merkel". At the same time, Merkel also said in the interview that she always took people's fear of terrorism and Islamism seriously, she wrote in the V4na.com article.
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