Overview

• Speaking at an Augsburger Allgemeine Live event in Augsburg, Angela Merkel revisited her "Wir schaffen das" message on its 10-year mark.
• She said much has been accomplished in integrating arrivals but emphasized that significant work remains.
• She acknowledged she had underestimated how hard it would be to return people who are obliged to leave Germany.
• She urged European-level solutions to migration and rejected turning away asylum seekers at the border.
• She warned against ceding narrative power to the AfD and called a female federal president "right" while pledging not to interfere in the 2027 selection.