migration

Other EU countries must follow the German example as regards the distribution of migrants. Berlin took in 1 million migrants and refugees and distributed them proportionately around the country without upsetting social cohesion .

For the first time in nearly 10 years about 50 percent of those polled approve the direction of economic policy and await an improvement of their own economic situation.

Merkel advocated multilateral cooperation and said that the idea that each country must fend for itself is a prescription for tumult.