German integration summit

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As integration summit are since 14. July 2006 held conferences of representatives from politics, media, migrant associations and employers' organizations, trade unions and sports organizations in the Berlin Chancellery referred to that aim, problems of immigrant integration to deal in the Federal Republic of Germany in intensive discussions.

Trigger for the series of conferences among others, the sobering results of were PISA studies , which illustrated how much the success of the German education system with the origin and the family educational background is related . This gave rise to the political insight that it was necessary to better integrate immigrants in Germany.

Integration summit

First date

The result of the kick-off summit was the agreement to draw up a national integration plan .

The summit, which took place on July 14, 2006, was attended by a total of 86 people, including Chancellor Angela Merkel. They agreed to complete the integration plan "within a year" . Angela Merkel, but also participants on the migrant side, spoke of a possibly "historic event" after the summit . According to Merkel, the similarities should have been "quite large" .

Youth Integration Summit

In May 2007 a youth integration summit was held at which youth associations and young people with and without a migration background worked on the subject of integration . The results were included in the national discussion at the second national integration summit by an invited representative of the youth integration summit, Zeynep Balazümbül ( German generation )

Second meeting

Criticism and boycott threats in advance

The amendment to the federal German immigration laws at the end of March 2007 was criticized by some Turkish associations in Germany, since Turkish women who follow suit must be at least 18 years old and have sufficient knowledge of German. Twenty Turkish participants at the summit (the majority of the association representatives) therefore no longer wanted to attend the meeting. Shortly before the second meeting in July 2007, reports were made in this connection that the major Turkish associations in particular might want to withdraw from the summit for this reason. Faruk Şen , a Turk who lives in Germany, saw the event as an instrumentalization of migrants for “ symbolic politics ”. By participating in the summit, the migrants' associations should, in his opinion, only “quasi symbolically legitimize” the federal government's immigration policy. In protest against the new immigration laws, the Federation of Turkish Parents' Associations in Germany , the Turkish-German Health Foundation , the Turkish Community in Germany and the Turkish-Islamic Union of the Institute for Religion threatened to cancel their participation in this meeting.

July 12, 2007

Recently it was only three of the Turkish associations that stayed away from the summit. The reason given by them was that the new regulation on the reunification of spouses anchored in the law, among other things, was discriminatory, as it only required knowledge of German for reunification from certain countries (including Turkey). According to ARD-Morgenmagazin (July 12, 2007), however, the non-participating Turkish associations are generally ready to participate in similar meetings again in the future. The Federal Government confirmed that the associations not participating would be invited to follow-up meetings.

German politicians criticized the boycotting associations because the integration summit is not a third legislative chamber and they have to adhere to German laws. Angela Merkel made it clear that the federal government is not being given ultimatums. Occasionally, however, there was also understanding for the attitude of the associations: Renate Künast said that integration would "not take place once or twice in the Chancellery, but every day in the middle of this society." (Source?)

The second German integration summit passed a " National Integration Plan " with a total of more than 400 voluntary commitments. Merkel assessed the meeting and the presentation of the joint integration plan as a “milestone” in integration policy.

Third integration summit

The third integration summit took place on November 6, 2008. After a national integration plan was approved at the last meeting, its implementation should now be assessed. The work was criticized in advance.

Fourth integration summit

At the 4th integration summit taking place in 2010, an integration plan comprising 400 measures was discussed. Part of this plan was to enable all people who are interested in an integration course to take part within the next five to seven years . Second, the issue of violence was raised, particularly violence at school and violence related to male behavior.

Fifth integration summit

The national integration plan will be further developed into the national integration action plan . It increases the chances of every single migrant to participate equally. At the same time, cohesion and togetherness would be strengthened.

Sixth integration summit

The 6th Integration Summit dealt mainly with labor market integration ; In addition, the results of the National Action Plan for Integration were presented. The focus was on the topics of work, the labor market, qualifications and language. In her speech on May 28, 2013, Chancellor Angela Merkel praised the introduction of the Diversity Charter and called for easier recognition of professional qualifications acquired abroad .

Seventh integration summit

The seventh integration summit took place on December 1, 2014. with the topic of vocational training, training for people with a migration background. In view of the discrimination against people with a migration background on the labor market, Chancellor Angela Merkel and Federal Integration Commissioner Aydan Özoğuz called for equal opportunities in the application process in particular .

Eighth integration summit

The 8th integration summit took place on November 17, 2015 in the Federal Chancellery, with the focus on health and care in the immigration society. The Federal Government Commissioner for Migration, Refugees and Integration Aydan Özoguz, Chancellor Angela Merkel, Minister of Health Hermann Gröhe and representatives of migrant organizations with experience in the health sector took part. At the summit, 200 organizations came up with a joint statement.

Ninth integration summit

The ninth integration summit took place on November 14, 2016 and had the topic of participation. Before the summit, 50 nationwide active migrant self-organizations wrote an impulse paper with proposals for measures, broken down into four central change goals: (1) Diversity and participation as fundamental convictions; (2) Participation in intercultural opening; (3) Equal participation in decision-making functions; (4) Equal participation in benefits.

Tenth integration summit

The 10th Integration Summit on June 13, 2018 focused on the cohesion of people with and without a migration background. For the first time, the Federal Minister of the Interior stayed away from the integration summit. Federal Minister of the Interior Seehofer justified this with the participation of the journalist Ferda Ataman , who had warned in an article that Germany should be understood “as the home of the people who were here first”. The Turkish community criticized his rejection: In view of the debate about the establishment of the new home ministry, they referred to the question of how the future of this immigration society could be shaped together.

See also

Web links

Website of the German Federal Government
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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ WDR5: Morgenecho from July 12, 2007, 7:06 a.m. ( Memento from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Oliver Hoischen: Integration Summit - One speaks Deukisch ( Memento from May 19, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), FAZ , July 9, 2007
  3. ^ "Integration summit without migrants?" The daily newspaper , July 4, 2007
  4. ^ "Top meeting: Are the migrants running out of the integration summit?" Die Zeit , July 5, 2007
  5. ↑ a b “Turkish groups boycott summits” (tagesschau.de archive), tagesschau , July 11, 2007
  6. ↑ Disenchantment when it comes to the details ( Memento from November 9, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ Press statements on the 4th integration summit of the federal government. The Federal Government, November 3, 2010, accessed on April 1, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Integration summit adopts "National Action Plan" " ( Memento from May 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  9. ↑ 6th Integration Summit. Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Home Affairs, May 28, 2013, accessed on February 23, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Integration summit: giving opportunities and breaking down prejudices. Federal Government, May 28, 2013, accessed on February 23, 2019 .
  11. ^ Speech by Chancellor Merkel at the opening of the 6th integration summit of the federal government. Federal Government, May 28, 2013, accessed on February 23, 2019 .
  12. ↑ The German bubble. - The government's integration summit gives the impression that the only thing that matters is how integration is done. A mistake. There are still astonishingly many fundamental questions unanswered (a comment by Christian Bangel)
  13. ↑ Press conference for the 7th integration summit on December 1, 2014. Federal Government, accessed on February 23, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Seventh integration summit in the Federal Chancellery. Federal Government, December 1, 2014, accessed on February 23, 2019 .
  15. ↑ Press conference for the 8th integration summit on November 17, 2015. The Federal Government, November 17, 2015, accessed on June 14, 2018 .
  16. ↑ Impulse paper of the migrant organizations on participation in the immigration society. Retrieved January 7, 2018 .
  17. ↑ For a cosmopolitan and diverse Germany. Federal Government, June 13, 2018, accessed on February 23, 2019 .
  18. ^ Turkish community criticizes Seehofer's cancellation of the summit. In: time online. June 13, 2018, accessed June 14, 2018 .