dealing with someone who values your debt more than their life they are hard to detour. we have two problems in the world's nuclear terrorism. i worry one, the country will conclude that transfer will not be discovered and that our capability to attribute material and nuclear device are to be forced detonated or after it is detonated less than absolute.

>> translator: ladies and gentlemen, welcome to this first meeting with the chancellor, i'm glad that you came, and the chancellor, dr. angelo merkel will be our host tonight. >> mrs. chancellor, we want to talk with the people from our guests, and how we are going to live together in the future. it's a citizens dialogue.

i know that you always talk the format is different. first i would like to thank you for coming in and also for the ones who couldn't make it we will interchange the roll today. here i can to listen to you to hear your ideas. of course it doesn't exclude that you ask me questions i might answer, but i came here to have information and advice how do you want to live together, maybe not the way we live together today but what is going to happen to us in five years' time and in ten years' time? we think it is probably good to see what doesn't work today and how we can change it for the future. the question today is how do we want to live together in the future? so this is important to say on a daily basis the chancellor has to deal with quality, it's good

for now and then to think about the future, what am i going to do with my children or my grandchildren? so the airport is your first stop we thought about which cities we would want to visit for the dialogue or where to go. should we go into the smaller village or the big city? we decided for a mid-sized town and we thought of the city should be in the new state, it is a nice city but also a lot of diversity, and we thought that it could be a good start, it's probably a good place and the media was enthusiastic so it wa a gcood choice, and then the third one in heidelberg all three being midsize. you'll look good, ladies and gentlemen, really good.

the room is empty. nobody can hide. we give the three subjects, and it's written on the cover here. first generations, never to come security and safety from number three, identity. we are going to start with generation, and we are going to probably start with a small video to start the discussion. here is the video. ♪ >> living together in germany is feeling more and more diverse. of course the family is the key to personal block but the family is changing. for me, the family is to be together, to support each other in tough times, belonging, that

is a big important part of my family i think that it's having children you have to work so hard to make a living from and having children on top of it, no way. the requirement for modern life are changing. very often it is the expense of the family, the expense of the children and very often even existing families have a hard time. the birth rate is getting lower and lower and we have less and less children. life is getting faster and faster. there is more and more to do in the professions. we have less and less freedom. more and more families are out

of breath, and now they are in a new stage the partnerships, but? everything is difficult to reconcile everything. although the people, we have a lot of social skills and would like to help very often live alone. so how can we overcome all these obstacles to the family life? how can we bring a young and old together? what structures should we build for the next generation? and be responsible for each other? >> dialogue about germany's future. first degeneration who is responsible, who takes responsibility, who commits one?

we are going to start with this gentleman here. microporous coming. wait. and then this gentleman with the red tie. mrs. chandler, times are hard. there is a lot of conflict. there is a lot of unemployment. i think that what we should have is something which is going to make life better and make us safer. what can we do about that? >> thank you. >> what was your name again? wheat for the microphone, please for the last three years i've been working on the crisis

socially. >> and so you think that we shall all have this common position? >> i have seen on the internet that your topic, the one that you are working on, which is a common basic salary for any citizen is a topic that is discussed all over the society and germany today. but of course for that it's a basic salary to everyone would have to increase taxes, but it's a question, and of course some people could work on top of that and earn more, and others would not go to work because the income. of course it would be something for the safety of your life and you're living, but it's something to be debated. the gentleman with the red tie.

who are you, please? introduce yourself. you think we would live better with the income, yes? >> i am a farmer coming from the countryside. 70% of the population in this state lives in the countryside. we work a lot in the agribusiness. it's the second largest industry in the land. there is a lot of potential in the countryside, and people don't pay attention to it. why? for instance, we could extend the culture, we could use more land. we have the land. we do not have enough cattle for instance. we could grow the agriculture.

we could use the renewable energy that comes from agriculture, and we could proudly reform the old forms and give jobs to the old generation because there is quality-of-life in the countryside, but really what is close to my heart is that in the future, since you're talking about the future today, future? we should not neglect the potential of the countryside more than we did. i fear that among all of the big problems in the world this is not one of the big ones. >> you are right. if you're right. it is true but at least half the population of germany lives in the countryside, and of course this is a question we have to see how to go shopping, what is the quality of the communication network, how can we improve with

the internet coverage for example the quality-of-life, and i think we are going to take aboard your proposal. let's not forget about the countryside. and of course if people were to lead the countryside is terrible consequences for the big cities. >> i would like to talk about volunteers on. i am coming from the old tradition of volunteers. it is a commitment of mind, and we have problems when we are volunteers, especially when we are talking about generations. i have learned to be a volunteer, and very often young

people -- i'm not attracted by volunteers, and i think we should have different generations. we should push people to be volunteers in all different ages. we should create the conditions so that young people are more recognized. we should not judge people. in the training we have a lot of volunteers. we have even a foundation for the volunteers. the structures are extremely heavy. i used to work for an administration and then there is the law so complicated that people are not interested in becoming volunteers. so you would like to make it easier to the volunteers. possible to change the rules in the law but can we take into

account the different skills, for instance, the people have federal jobs to volunteer. it was a great thing that we should have more security for volunteering. for instance, there is the 26 about the responsibility in germany. i think that we would gain if we were to simplify, streamline the rules so that we would be more protective generally than we could be volunteering without all this difficulty and for instance you could give us the tax holiday for 100 euros. >> the tax code, the rules and the law in order to protect your responsible become and third, the fact we should probably intervene also in the pension law we to recognize for instance

your professional career. i am a student and 12 great interest in education. germany -- a lot of people say that we should have the federal education. of course this would be a huge change in the country if we had federal the education. and since we are talking about the future, i think it's something we should finally come to call and what do you expect? >> of the federal government makes a mistake then all of the germans are impacted by this.

it's better if the state is making the mistake and impact less people. as long as i am the chancellor we can talk about the state's of the federal government. so like when we move from one state to the other there is no equivalency. yes. we don't have equivalency between the states. and when you have to move from one state to another, you have a totally different school system. and the curriculum is changed. and when the new party takes power in the state then it is again so it costs a lot of money, and i think we could save tons if we had the uniform education system, uniform for the whole of germany with just one sorts of experts to tell what to do in the future and

that would encourage education. so i am taking your advice, but of course we have to talk with the different states and the equivalency for a start. okay. >> you can plan also that the education is changing, there's a new program every day, well, not every day, but it is true that the curriculum is always changing and it's not always very useful. and i think what is important is to take care of the local conditions. yes in the position for instance decided to keep the same curriculum for ten years at least one generation is not the way through the constant changes and there isn't a whole new curriculum. it has to do with living

together you live this way, yes, you in the back. the back. >> i have prepared a little speech written. >> welcome a written is not so good just talk without your paper. i know it's better for me if i can read my paper because i worked on it. ether future?

>> the family will decide on the future of our society so 7 million children there is the risk to live in in the unstable life, this formerly an out-of-wedlock children and legal children come and we are not taking into account the reality. we should have the law that takes into account the quality of parenting and, and also we should encourage the parents to be parents. i have a model i would like to propose to you. one, the heart of the family in my model is a new law for parents and giving rights to the children and equal rights to the parents and the children.

three, we should have a philosophy that ensures that we maintain a children's rights. then the role of the family should be at the heart. we should give optimum of living conditions to the family. the children must be protected within their families also. old law will be protected 2 million children, and i thinko that we should use my model that would protect 14 million family communities that would cover? 7 million children who are not covered now.íííí chancellor, i know there's a lot of people that have thoughtñ about that, but i would like to

send you a whole proposal to the parties of the coalition to heló them with the drafting of the law, and i would like for you to support the proposal so this model, and for this i need support from the experts that are up there. good, said that to me, and i think that this is a complex scheme that takes care of a lot of people and touches a lot of people. it's true that the life has changed a lot of situations, but it's good to cover the children and the parents. but we only have 100 people, we have 90 minutes, so we don't have a lot of time for everybody. the rights of children -- okay, let's go on. this lady over there. next to the gentleman with the

nice mustache. >> i think it is well known that large families no longer exist, and what we should encourage is houses where we can gather generations. what we should do a lot more about that. we should make it public now.? we should give every town and every city home for several generations to meet. it exists already, but this is the most important subject of the future? yes. i see very often that people are living alone but to the of such a huge potential they could communicate so much to the new generation, and they are people

who idle where to go, the young experience, the skills of the young people where this could really change their attitude and people could be very active. no, i agree with you we have had a good experience with the homes were several generations but it's not everywhere in germany. they take place in the town halls, and we have fought about it. and as you said, perhaps it shouldn't be part or all of the administration whether local or regional. but what we need to have is we probably need a citizen home where the citizen could get together. i would be in favor of that. and the home together several

generations i think that could be good. we could do something both the old and the young and i quit in favor of that but of course we have to think about that. still on the family, if anybody wants to add about the family. yes? >> good evening. greetings from my daughter. you are a strong woman. >> [speaking in german] >> translator: my problem is that we should no longer split families. i'm working on a construction job to commute between the east and the west, and of course it takes a huge amount of time, and in the germany, our wages 13 heroes, and in east germany it

is 20, and right now east and west are not equal and if you are paid only ten an hour this is not a whole lot. you can't live with that. so, for the same job in the same industry, we should be paid the same so that we don't have to commute between the east and west of the time. [applause] first are you making the proposal, and of course you know that i don't make the policy in terms of wages. it's between the employers of the union, but it is true. there is pressure to bring the wages at the same level, but it's true, commuting is a big challenge for a family. >> how much time you have left

for your family to keep competing on the freeway every day? was believe in freedom and on monday and pay for the community i'm a servant cannot construction and i leave the construction site at 7 p.m. and then three or four hours more and your daughter is in bed, yes? >> my daughter fortunately is grown up. >> by your day is very long. i would like to ask a question about the generation. we are saying people don't have children anymore. but on another problem is to say it would be good to live in the countryside and would be better to create children, but the children need adults in the countryside to take them everywhere come to sports, to the doctor, and of course the old people also have to be taken to the doctor, and the road

infrastructure isn't there for them. >> yes. the second person was talking about that and it's an important topic. here we promised to go on this side. you almost took the words right out of my mouth when you said you were a single father. i'm the director of parents services. we have 8,000 old people and a lot of single mothers also to come in and i see that these people are calling for the safety nets after a while because they are to work part time. the work 22 hours a week for instance, and therefore the children of the single mothers fall under the poverty line. the women cannot make it

anymore. so we should take care of that aspect of this. >> what do you propose? >> i think that we should have a social net that is stronger. we are trying to protect single mothers. we guarantee child care with people and we are trying to find volunteers who could spend eight to ten hours a day with child care, but it's almost impossible, and so the poverty requirement starts with single mothers and we are saying that the children are our future but we should really mean that. >> and the fathers? >> the grandparents? >> we have 44 grandparents who are active. and how many fathers are

helping? so perhaps we could make a little bit more with city for your volunteer group, yes? >> and then i just want to look it is always the same in this to watch. this gentleman here. we for the microphone. >> thank you very much. our future, it's our children. we are to follow the swedish model. they do a lot more for children. these are ombudsman's virgil friends, there are so many social services given to families that the children are now living in a socially secure

conditions. we don't have that. we don't have that. otherwise we are going to lose all of the innovations in the future if we don't take care of our children. so you think that the children restructuring? >> yes, we have to restructure parents. the need socially secure relations. we have to finance more and especially for single parents. yes, we all agree that children are the future and we will have less children in the future therefore it is very important to give the right education to children if we want to have them as good innovators. we will have more children, not less children. >> in the future we will have

more children, but right now we have to say there are less and less young people to be clear. this lady and then the lady next to her. >> you talk about education. i would like to talk about education outside of school and talk about the continuity of education project because it is becoming useless. we have a project for a year then we want to extend the project for another year, and even to change the content or the budget, so i think our projects will continue because education should be much longer than one year. time, one-year, two years, what would be your -- it depends on the project but

least three or four years can be useful and we won the project is to have any action. i am taking note of that. we've discussed that in the government. we have to see what worked and what hasn't worked and after the year you can't see anything but after three, four, five years, and also we must have the courage to see to it that what has not worked is cancelled and in our society that is difficult but it all ties up. perhaps hear one or two. please come to the microphone. >> i've lived in the airport for the last seven years and germany the last seven. i would like to go back. we need to have more children.

i think that we are scared to have children. we are scared to have a lot of children because immediately people think about poverty, think about small housing, freedom. this is because of ideas we have in our mind. we want to have this and that for the state. no, i think that we have to start having another image, starting with the media having a lot of children as good. for instance look at smoking. through the media, through publicity we've managed to cut down on a huge number of smokers. smoking is no longer cool. we do the same thing with having more children. [applause] you are talking about a very

important point. how can we change society if we have five, seven children? we should scare society. noise and restaurants and i don't want to live in an apartment next to the family with so many kids. can i keep my career if i have so many children? you are right. myself i come from a very large family. [laughter] >> with ten people and my family, left the family since we live in one apartment on two floors, and we have tried to overcome all the problems, but of course it is not easy, it's difficult to find an apartment. it's a lot of difficulties that we have as a large family, but at home and we don't have any problems because we have so many choices.

there's parties and family gatherings, we have more fun. but of course if people see that you have so many kids, people are scared, right? that's true. >> said you would like for the society great, large family come congratulations? is, of course. may be exaggerated. [applause] but i think it's too bad that some people are saying i'd like to have no children or to be simple. it's too bad because children are great. what kind of future could we have is we have no more children? [laughter] >> i don't plan on it right now, but -- and a christian, and a sportsman, i do handicapped

sports, but i think we are really behind handicapped people's freedom. there are many projects but we don't see them applied, and i think that we should go about that another way and make more effort about that. we have a lot of money. we are a rich country. we see what is happening in other countries and in germany. it's not done yet and you see a lot of other people, too that have a limited freedom. >> and what is the problem on a daily basis? there are many stores i can't get in. the doors are too narrow. when you want to go to the public for the for instance, you can't get in either. >> when there is a sports event, you can't go to the toilet. you can't go through the doors. and i think that in germany we

should seek a broad what are the countries that are doing this and of course we have a huge amount of regulation but they are not all. i take note of that and unfortunately going to take another five to ten years before the law is fully translated and applied but i think that we have to make progress. buildings but i take notice to the subject and next week i am going to talk to the handicapped council. but you are right. you are right. it's not only for the handicapped is also for the old people who have the same problem very often when you see how hard it is to cross the street for instance. what kind of sports are you doing? >> i'm doing a wheelchair basketball. and in the federal eletes. [applause]

the first, great. >> bye train seven times a week and then i plan on the weekend. i could talk about other topics but let's leave it at that and he and niquette freedom. >> i will follow that. other advice? >> [speaking in german] >> translator: right now i am working in a textile factory. my problem is the basis for good living together to say we should have jobs for everybody according to the skill, and it is very important for us to talk

about made in germany. my fear for the future it's not quite there yet, but in the future if you look at our industry, we are going to stick the made in germany tag on the products that are made abroad. as a, we should go back to the innovation with new technology. we should start on the bottom-up and create new jobs so that we can have more employment and we no longer have to pay unemployment allowances the way that we do now. some people that earn the money again and with wages that they can live with and so we could get rid of the humongous amount of money that we pay for unemployment. people that have the self value and the job, and the would be the basis for the next ten years and i'm sure that you could have

an influence on that. [applause] >> it's a problem that we are talking about at great deal. of course we are also talking about the specialized skills, a lot of people were building machines for instance, but you also have people that are not rocket scientists on the other side, so it's always difficult to find a job that we need. i hope that through globalization of you look at china and other places their wages are going to go up and up and so we are going to come to a better balance. how can we retain jobs is of course the big question for us. but for you come in your industry is doing well? no, no, i know that we are going to do well. i know we are doing well.

i talked with mr. clement, we talked about all of this because it is possible to recreate jobs. i'm from the airfort. i heard the young lady talk about education, and i've been dealing with education since the beginning of my life. but i have a wish. i think that. very often people that are independent do not have the same working conditions house volunteers as the administration's, and so i think that independent people should be encouraged to do good and therefore continuity is a challenge, and look at where it says the cultural theme. you have a lot of people who do

feel better and dancing, do poetry come all these people are independent, and not a whole lot is invested in these people, and i think this is going to be bad for our descendants, for the children if we neglect culture. there is a great potential for young people coming and i think that we should encourage music, musicians to give more latitude to people who are independent. welcome culture should be encouraging otherwise we are not going to be a cultural mission. i think the culture should not be compulsory, but everybody of course can be in culture. when you're right, absolutely right. a country that neglects its

culture can along her claim to be cultural. .. and so, perhaps they think that people would -- that has better value, so that people would learn to live together with different people instead of being scared or fear them.

and also that the old no longer feel via. and some people said i don't know what to do with these old folks at the handicap. and it should be part and parcel of our education if you want to live together. yes, we should send people mor⌝û for practice than spending so much time in theory. i'm an old guy, so i need to sit down. i'm sorry. we must set a one point. >> and 12 years old and i go to school and i think we should spend more time with him only and we can also save energy. and so for instance, we should play games with the family instead of watching television.

or you could decide that one day you no longer -- no facebook, no twitter because all that of course is going to be part in parcel. you should spend more time together rather than watching tv and having fun. >> on this site i think. >> thank you. anita kalyan. i come from zion next story. seven years ago i decided to be an interpreter and i work at the iha. when you see people are trying to have education and also when you see the training that we have on the market come you see that it's more and more

difficult to hire the right people, people who are trained ready. people usually are very poor in the german language and math, but i think this goes back to the roots of education. very often we don't have the basic skill in many schools. and also people don't how to get up early. they don't know how to be disciplined. but of course this is only from the schools. it also comes from the family. i have to children myself my children are very active in sports clubs. and of course, they play in school sports clubs and this people, friends of people who are single fathers don't have the time to take their kids and sports of the the times, but i k that we also do otherwise.

it is a call. i mean, i'm calling upon the schools to go back to the school teams so that our children. learn from school again. our children have nowhere values. and i think that if you are playing a sport, you learn to play in common. you learn to lose. you going to win together and this is great to train you and to prepare you for the professional life and i think it is the basic training that children will cherish the rest of their life. >> so you're telling us that we should insist more on the practical side of life and miss of course this goes back to independent workers. i think we chairman, we are too theoretical.

the independents, the school, here are the rules. i think there could be an infinite number of combinations. but of course, who is going to supervise him and all that. but you are saying that the schools should teach more so that we don't get the entire responsibility to the parents. what about the young people there? this gentleman looked at his neighbor. >> i am 58 and i am ahead of the savings bank. i heard all the wishes, but i think people should think about the budget, the state budget because of course about money, nothing works. everything must be financed. and i think that we should also, when we talk about policy, when

we talk about society and the economy, people should be more realistic view they should be aware of reality. how can we finance all of that. and what i am saying is that altogether we showed no longer think that the state is all-powerful and that person can do anything. yes, all the generations should think about. and i must tell you, for instance, the budget matter and we don't have as much money as he used to have in the demographic factor have shown less a less income government and we should have a better communication and we should not hide the reality is. and we need this and we need this in a new dad and i think

people should see how we can finance the mendicants out. yes of course, there's a lot of wishes, it would be good for our children in the future we are going to leave our children, but it would not be fair if we did not talk about the possibilities. i think we should come to the second team of security. a couple more questions. i'm a student in the air force. my problem is children who have cancer. and we are trying to visit them and we would like to read books to children who have cancer, but recently people said we couldn't do it anymore. built the wall. there's no access access for us

anymore. teachers should do that for professionals, people who are specialized in children or children sick with cancer. longer read books to these kids. sad. because it is very important for us. are sick that we can no longer deal with them. so my wish would be that we should have better access to this point. two things in your concrete example is very good. and secondly if we think about the future, i think we should make it more possible that students do something further children who are in the more difficult situation because if

they are human and shares. >> i've been saying that this subject for a long time. how could we have more trust with each other through more participation from citizens? many citizens are unhappy with the decisions that are being taken by different authorities. and this turns into citizen's initiatives. i'm the chairman of the citizens initiative. 50 billion euros are frozen today because of complaints and lawsuits from citizens initiative. this is a lot of money and a lot of frustration, a lot of anger and i know there is a drop in

the federal government in order to make more transparent government decisions. it's been adopted by the council of ministers today. it goes in the right direction of course and then we can be more transparent and the citizens can feel like they are participating again. yeah, we're going to talk about that for the next two years. and we should always learn politics. every big project and is different from the frankfurt airport, different from wind farms, different from solar plan. so we have a draft law. we are going to learn. and we are going to have a place where citizens can say what they gained, tell us what has worked and what hasn't worked. so in the next five, 10 years we have to have a better better

dialogue to see what is best. what should we consult the citizens? not to really, notgz too late. but this of course is a totally new to rain for us. right behind them. yes. >> i'm one of the older gentleman you can tell. i have a wish mrs. chancellor. in the newspaper for instance, we see that governments would like to have a new love for pensions, and equalization of all tensions between the east and the last. many people who have a pension and just it that finally

happened after 22 years of reunification of germany coming young people today will be of a retired people of tomorrow. and i think at one point we should equalize, balance the two pensions. and i note that in may there's going to be a seniors stay in hamburg and i think they are going to present to your government a solution that sunlight days the same amount of presence in the senior day for the young people for the next five to 10 years is not the problem, that there will be pensioned and 30, 40 years the course. we must be carried careful so people will have less suspension did today and in the future people do not get less either. we have to discuss that with the

prime minister about 10 new lenders so that there's no political controversy. we have to find a common solution. we're working on it, but we are not there yet. [speaking german] >> translator: we need more rights. mrs. chancellor, we are going to go to the next theme, security, safety and theirs too we have a small video for you before we go to this that checked. [speaking german] >> translator: the germans live in a safe country. peace inside, peace at the european neighbors, no threats of court by any country. i think that in germany we have

in europe except there's a few incidents in the metro and the freeway or whatever, but otherwise i feel very safe. i think we are very safe here in germany. of course perhaps it could be a few more cops in this industry, but otherwise were okay. [speaking german] transcript of violence subjugated against violators has made us more aware. if we do nothing, we are going to have neighborhoods where there's going to be high unemployment, crime, violence and of course we have to work very long ears if you let that go. and there's another gander. corruption and white-collar criminality, which have huge

consequences on our society and the economy. a big proponent of features cybercriminology. and very often, the young. radicalization calls for violence. more and more prevalent. how can we prevent the radicals and radicalization from some extreme groups? how can we make it so that the dems and criminals are reintegrated in our society? how can we have more security, but keep our freedom for individual freedom? says security and the future of germany here, of course this is a sign for impact society. but we're going to start review,

i think that we must do everything to try to stop extreme right ideology. it is present in the schools. we should explain to students what is going on, especially when you have extreme right radicals who are creeping sports groups to attract the young, the sniper and then we sure as tracked in a lot of title kids and indoctrinated them and we should not have began in this country would have been in the past. we should keep our eyes open and do something for the kids so that they are not captured by these people. and we have to act immediately. have you met such groups are so÷

even in my family have had long discussions with my oldest grandchild and of course he's been interested by these groups can be said bad words about foreigners. he wanted immigrants to go back home and i said my god, what group are you involved with? and i think a mean of these people start at the bout that, the family should intervene to prevent. and i think the whole of our society is responsible. the parents must intervene, the grandparents naturally. and especially the grandparents who have gone through world war ii. if you wish that everybody takes responsibility and acts. it starts with little things. if you're not responsible come you don't deal with that, you have discrimination in the end. thank you. i come from the following

question. for years and years was that the npd. we never stop to forget them. now we have the extreme right radicals. they are allowed to do what they want. should we limit the activities so that they cannot spread the ideology? i know we live in a democracy in the extreme right can say what they want. but right-wing ideology we have suffered from for 12 years in germany. i don't want it anymore. and if the party supports that come in this party must be gotten rid of. [speaking german] >> translator: of course they take note of what you said and we have to doubt that. and of course we have forbidden the npd party. you know that. but the supreme court in germany said we couldn't do that.

so it happened doesn't make a second request and it is tonight against the npd will find itself encouraged? the problem is that you know you can forget the party, but people are still there and it's been the head. >> yes, but it shouldn't go in public as the party. his limited and restrict to. >> well, i know we know these people have these ideas and should also see what is the fine line between freedom and thoughts. and of course there is a cat and mouse game because the cities have forbidden gatherings of right-wing people and the state allows it so they go from one or the other. yes. [speaking german] >> translator: i take note of your proposal. and where you can do something i will do. i can tell you the supreme court

is independent and it is a good thing. of course if i were to assist you with just is, i mean, it would be a lot worse than it is. so we have to live with that. yes, but we have to prevent them from having to spread the ideals. using any idea that we have, but also what is legal. [speaking german] >> translator: we have a lot of and security. the lady. [speaking german] >> translator: icon firm released him in. i'm a principal in a small school in south, and i wanted to talk about generations and now we are talking about security and then were going to talk of identity. go back to school. but can the school do? and today, i would ask for you

to invest more into schools. we need much more investment and the children. and of course this will be more security for the parents, more security for the children. our young people need to know where to go in a safe place. anybody is entitled to live in a safe area. and we have to tell the children these huge cuts to try to get safety. so my wish is that in the give priority to schools and two children. the young lady just said i think in terms of education policy, federalism should be absolutely a must, should be finding.

[speaking german] especially more possibility for the children? it's a bit question of inclusion in many states what the problem of inclusion and it starts atñ schools. the schools can do what they can. with us, new teachers with new house, new would be difficult. she went to had sent in? are you okay with that? pincushion of course is a big topic. and of course people have an image in their head and we should attack that very early on. it is not only the school, but also this image of foreigners within the family.

and i won't say that it is inherent, but very often it is the parents who transmitted this right tiempo foreigners and i think we should be a lot to talk about that. and we should talk whether this idea is right or not. so of course the parents have a responsibility. they have to transmit value, but also the school should transmit certain values. what is your experience in your0 life? what is happening in your schools? [speaking german] >> translator: we live in a peaceful school. we live in a peaceful school. and then a high school and it's a peaceful school. i'm in the 10th grade and is forbidden to wear a scarf, but

this is my religion. my religion tells me i have to cover myself. i'm wondering why it is forbidden. this is forbidden for the teachers? >> know, the students too. my kaizen works an image that name. she works in crash that she's not aware to earth to be there. that's what she decided legally and of course her a scarf and??? student it depends. you wish that we should all

there's many, many students were spent including secretaries, but every time we try to where people take it off. but now that you talk to the chancellor, maybe she'll do something. [speaking german] >> translator: no, no, no, i don't want to be responsible. these are the chancellor decided, no way. we talk about the future any say that's your wish come it. you. [speaking german] >> translator: i have come here from a volunteer group for right wing. for us. we have a lot of work for young people. we are trying to prevent infection by these people. and i think prevention is a lot more effective than waiting happens. and i think our program should be strengthened against extreme

right wing ideology. i think it is very important if you are talking about security to see what's a neighborhood and even if there have been bad things happening and people have paid with their lives and we know we should be more aware. we also should all stick together against this ideology and we could work together against them. and this would give a little more security to this country. [speaking german] >> translator: so used to the states must intervene at the state cannot do everything and the citizens do something together. and we're not going to make it in the future if citizens are doing their job. what is important, what is interesting is that you could do

it with the administration, but also you can do it by itself. you one of the four corner of [speaking german] >> translator: you decided to give the floor to people. it's all right. i'm very happy to. [speaking german] >> translator: icon firm angola. now it is here in erfurt and germany is my home and i feel good here. when you're talking about security and safety, i will tell you that our society lives under the problem of judgment, value judgment. it's a problem. i think that we should no longer use value judgment against

people, wherever they come from and whatever the color of their skin. numbers two, we need to have a simple procedure when discrimination happens or disadvantaging people. we have an antidiscrimination law. but it is not really applied the way it should. it's difficult. so i want to applaud you, mrs. chancellor. we need and you need the full support of this. [applause] [speaking german] >> translator: so on the one hand you say we should not a value judgment on people? have you been discriminated against yourself? >> possibly. >> it's that. it's that. [speaking german]

>> translator: so you come from uncle and people look at you. it's bad, it's bad. u2 on the value judgment? >> i was born here in germany, but i knew from the beginning that people would look at me twice, take a double take wondering where it came from. you must be strong. there are good people and bad people and sometimes you have to take the bad mikey take good. you must be strong. you must be strong, yes. but life goes on and that's the way god created me. so why should i be ashamed for what i am? i don't have any problems with that. [applause] [speaking german] >> translator: so we have to see around when you look at

germany today and we have to see what were going to look like in 10, 20 years are going to be a lot less people, we are going to be a lot older that we are going to be about more diverse because we have people from many, many more nations. and so we are not going to look like we let today. and so i'm glad that utah. and of course we should have the right to rule so we can all live together. [speaking german] >> translator: icon for mop up. with three children. security. i feel very safe in germany. i have no fear, the likud 10 years from now. i feel safe, but i as a bit as a fear of the internet. the whole world now disconnect it to the internet and i think

that is what concerns me for the future. my i.d. card is safe, but what about 10 years from now? and i still save? so i'm a little bit concerned. i'm scared for the future. >> yes, that is a subject we have to do deal with absolutely. the internet is useful. of course it's freedom. we should have freedom on the other end. fairness. we are saying well, of course protect my child and of course we have a big societal discussion on that team and where to find the right measure. and it is not easy for the parents because we didn't grow up with the internet. of course the kids today are born with it and they are like fish in water. facebook. he said he spoke?

[speaking german] >> translator: yeah, i like that. [speaking german] >> translator: allows? q. and then they say. we've really neglect to the other side there. the lady -- you are to have the floor. if you're at it at the floor, it's over with. no second chance. you didn't speak though. the man with glasses. [speaking german] >> translator: i come from zion and i think security and safety is very important, but i have other problems. imagine the future of germany. i think we live in peace, not what they were. it's very important. we should live in harmony with nature. we should live in safer conditions. we should have a much better

that same standard. i think it is possible. but what i really fear is that it is rich country, 2.5 million children live under the poverty level according to spiegel online. we have 12 million people who live under the poverty line. and i think the solution is to have a basic income for every citizen. it's a great solution. it's quite easy to finance. we can have a tax on consumption and a whole new tax code that finances it. it's very important for me that the government should be governed by social politicians. okay? [speaking german] i think we need a mixture of politicians. we should have politicians who

it's social issues important for you, but also technicians who know what they are doing and we could sell inexpert perhaps from business, yes. i mentioned business actually. people with social skills of course i think it's important. and people mentioned the basic income again. >> i'm 47 years old. i'm a pastor and a free church. what scares that is what is failing, what is foreign. for instance i invited this year and who didn't show up because he feared i would cook a meal with pork. we never thought about talking about it. so the fears we have not met, what we do not know. for instance, we say out with

the. these people can't go out of the country. we have to bring them to our side. we have projects where i live, which is called in her garden. it's a garden in the center cities with people of all origins meet, foreigners who can dance with german girls. but they can dance with them. it is a project where people can meet each other. so we can bring different generations and it's a central garden and i would like for this project to be replicated in different cities. it has to do with these homes where we can bring several generations were in one day the whole family lived together with different generations. very often that when you meet the old people or the old feels

weird. it's no longer grumble and should become norwell again. very often we don't have this opening anymore. guess in the back. [inaudible] >> translator: i live in security and safety. the problem is courage. a lot of people have not had the courage to stay and a lot of people have left the state. it's too bad and all the relations they keep their facebook. that's it. i wish that enterprises and the tour dates would reward people who have decided that they have the courage to see in east germany and this courage should be honored and we should not only concentrate on what is

wrong, but we should perhaps synthesize what works, what is okay. we should not constantly say this does not work, you can't do that. and what is your experience? >> my experiences very bad. i keep meeting closed doors, but i stay anyways then i keep going. i hope that i'm going to bring people with me. ambler, there's a lot to do in the tourism industry, and other industries and i hope people are going to come back or people are going to be attracted. [applause] another place to opening, yes. >> translator: yes, you are looking at me so nicely. you are hoping to give you the floor by smiling, right? [speaking german] >> translator: i am the mayor of a very small town near the

thank you for having the idea of having a dialogue with the citizens, not only is courage, but it unexampled. mrs. lubitsch has does the same, but it would be nice if people were doing that at every level so we could look at all these problems. it's not always easy because very often are problems of deep roots and very often when people are committed, there's obstacle after obstacle that doesn't work in the countryside, for instance, we don't have the same right to develop as the big cities. as mayor, do you also talk to your citizens?

>> yes, we have a constant dialogue and they put projects together. unfortunately of course, we have no money so we would like to have some money, just like people did in bavaria. so we are not giving a. we keep flying back to safety and security. it is true bayard about corruption and white-collar crime. the corruption doesn't start at the bottom. it starts somewhere else. crisis. that i have enough. we are going to go off to people. you said that. and the people have not seen any punishment, not a single one of these people have been sued in the population sees that.

they see that nobody has gotten seriously after them. and i think we should have measures to prevent that it happens again and i think our prosecutors should go after them. but i think the prosecutors are in the same feeling in all other states. and my wishes that they should be a commission that works on suing these people. you yourself should be imposed. you should put in the intelligence services, the equivalent to our federal police, criminal police, federal criminal guides. the should go after other financiers and and you could encourage that. and i think -- i know that it's in good hands with you. [speaking german] >> translator: we are seeing to it that this work is

sufficient. we have to make sure that everybody will be punished if they have committed a crime. yes? relatively quickly please. i'm going to provoke you. and i'm going to say what happens. 20% of the population tends towards extreme right-wing ideology. 20% of the population and so what is the population? well, it is common citizens. also it is part of the . , higher. and then i have this weird idea that the police couldn't find

this extreme right-wing criminal. why not? for so many years becoming scat sick. but we really going after these people? are they protect it? this is the problem and the chancellor said it, that it is difficult to stop these extreme right-wing people. the supreme court said we could go after their party. so why a quick something is happening there. 20 years later, they are still legal. i mean, yes goes back to the schools also. we should train the kids. we should practice the kids. it is difficult. it is difficult. one more thing. one more thing. this state is the one that has the most tv cameras everywhere. citizens, i am not disturbed if

i had served to keep my figure three years, but what we do after three years is destroyed. how do what to protect citizens if we do all that? >> guest: yes, more video cameras for security is, otherwise i will tell you -- for this racism or will do something. and of course it needs to be affirmed. now we have to go further. i mean, we keep walking on the carpet. and of course the question as, what are we talking about? another video now. identity videos. if you have security, but his

identity. [speaking german] >> translator: germany, a catcher with the lot as diversity. for us it is normal that when they go in different regions, we see new traditions. but how do we see ourselves? were always on time, we are punctual, we have rules for everything, we are responsible, in germany are well known. we are very warmhearted. today, germany is a modern country in a europe that gets ever closer. but how are we going to define ourselves in the future? germany has a culture of welcoming people. and yet, we are a little bit

insecure. we always worry. we think that people are going to css clothespin, as posing problems. germany is a great economic nation, great export nation and a country is always the mediator of political processes. and how do other countries see us? i think there are two things we can be proud of. on the one hand, we solve problems in the world. we are the persons who put people together. and number two, we have the great strength of innovation, technology. we find lots of solutions and people turn to us for solutions. so what does it mean to be chairman? how can we understand the will

world? what can we learn from other countries? the question of identity, ladies and gentlemen, where we going be? how do we see each other 10 years from now? we have had democracy for six years? way to peaceful reunification 20 years ago. >> you look very interested they are. the third one. [speaking german] >> translator: icon for accented and yesterday i was in a big department store and i heard publicity jingle and it was a country that i understand. and it said a kanshi where people still count.

as i said, i was in a department store. what i do not wish for germans is that germany is going to be a country of consumers in all we do is buy. i am german. i'm not a consumer. i am a citizen and i'm not just a consumer. that's important for me. and i think that what we should do is to have another culture. a culture of giving, a culture of welcoming people, but perhaps we should be less impersonal. we should make less advertising than we should give ourselves a lot more so people would learn to know each other and this would improve the quality, the human quality and people would know us better as people.

[speaking german] >> translator: so not ever more money and not ever were buying, but more humanity. good proposal. of course it cannot be decided by the state, right? it's a mentality. [speaking german] >> translator: i am a teacher. 10 years from now affect to be proud of being a teacher. we now all the time given to schools and i can talk about a lot of teachers work hard, not only become on time, they don't spend their time and holiday. they are committed to go the extra mile.x there is contact with youngçyçyz people, parents. even if they give their time after hours and that is the image that people should have a good teacher, isn't it? everyone should be part of their

professor and i am proud of my own. i think perhaps we are hiding too much. >> yes, we heard that. we should be sure that 10 years from now we should still say that teachers are still very important, yes. [applause] [speaking german] >> translator: we've all been to school and everyone who has been in school knows the work that is done by teachers. they do a great job and it means i recognition. [speaking german] >> translator: so would we want to be? how do we do that? had we see each other? [speaking german] >> translator: i am a student, but i come from marburg and i would like to have some need to buy the teacher just said. the picture she painted looks very exemplary and positive and

of course it's true. many teachers work hard for their students and they love this profession and they have a lot of courage and they've invested a lot of strength. but i've also seen that it's not always the case. and there are many problems very often, especially when we talked about identity. sometimes teachers can't take it anymore. they are no longer interested in transmitting knowledge. they just go through the motions to get it over with. they are totally uninterested. they call in sick and they come to work in a bad mood and i ago i can't wait to get it over with. [speaking german] >> translator: do you have a

proposal on how to train teachers for the chancellor? should teachers be trained for more modern type of life? [speaking german] >> translator: i think we should change the curriculum. i've heard several cases where people are studying curricula that go nowhere. and of course, when teachers classes are too large, they have a hard time teaching. this is true. at least we've heard two different advice and were still going to talk about teachers, motivation for the next 10 years. >> who is next? you? [speaking german] >> translator: and a specialist in immigration problems.

we are talking about identity. there is a problem when you're talking about violence against immigrants, especially anagrams of the third generation who have learned german fluently, and they've known german culture and still have a problem. and therefore, i think it is very important to talk about normalcy. it does not matter what you look like, but you should be considered a human being and not without these value judgments that are considered as an alien. i have a wish. i depend on projects financing. have a project, for instance where we are putting germans together with immigrants so66666

children do their homework, successful. we don't have any budget to extend it. it's a big problem for us. basis. it. we should not allow it, violence and we should live together. and the best way to live together is to be together and this is the best recipe against violence. of course the projects where wep talk about projects earlier is? always the same problem.

use. you and you. [speaking german] i had the microphone. [speaking german] >> translator: i listened to all the wishes that people have for this state and my identity is also that i'm a citizen. i'm a german citizen and i'm thinking not only in terms of the task to buy up on the states in the states will not be able to code if we keep on failing so many wishes. i think the family can do better. we should also think about what is the state not able to do? when you are talking about the basic income for everybody, that

is good. of course if i tell my children, home is going to motivate them? promulgate them to do anything if they are going to, or whatever? don't forget that we should give the impression that kids can do absolutely anything. it's not the money the state, by the way. it's our money. is it good for the citizens to give up if the state does everything? >> it's his question of identity. my question is my identity. i can do things myself. of course everything is linked to god, even if i do it myself. but this is my wish, my proposal because families, we've talked about protect in the family.

we've talked about 120,000 euros per child throughout the childhood of our citizens. why instead of that shouldn't we give two years of parental leave , give them the same amount of money. it would solve a lot of problems. >> i think it would be economically a good investment. >> young man here. >> chancellor. i am a student. two small points about identity. on the one hand when i think about republic of germany, we are a democracy. we are lucky for the last 60 years at least on the windsor

part of germany, we have lived under democracy. and we should insist more. we should emphasize that. of course it goes without saying freedom of the press, freedom of association, but we should talk about it. we should talk about it at school. i see that were going to have a new president. divided hopes. all the discussion about the new president, maybe talk about freedom and democracy, we should talk a lot about democracy in the school. so personally i think that's a discussion on this topic is very important. but i see that in school we have a skilled complex that we transmit to the students. it still exists. it's very important. what happened in the past which was terrible, we keep that gil

today. we seek to transmit to the children, but we are your new generation of national socialism we should accept it as part of our history. we should talk about it and that it never happens again, but we cannot continue putting the guilt on the new generation. and i see that at school and it's still a problem. [applause] [speaking german] >> translator: i think we should not put the guilt on the new generation. that is why we have to work it out through the teaching that history. and also we should learn about this terrible event. this is important for democracy in defense of democracy. we should not separate people again and restart the whole

thing. blast. [speaking german] >> translator: quickly. thank you, mrs. merkel. i am a businessman. i i have a company and i represent the business people. we have a problem to solve in the future. two points. very, very briefly, we have foreigners. we should train them faster. we should give them all the training that is necessary for them to work in our current day. we shouldn't qualify them. ..

to students and children of immigration, and it allows us to double what our career throughout our school life, and these should be supported, develop, to be widened, it is very good to develop your own

personality fixed to the scholarships. [applause] >> do you have scholarships yourself? very good. very good. >> the good initiative. >> let me thank you all, ladies and gentlemen, very much for your committed discussion. you can applaud yourself. the discussion was really great. a lot of very interesting points. mrs. chancellor, they gave you a lot schools, immigration, cyber set to become a volunteer is on, the people are volunteers or one to be appreciated. anything to add? i will conclude there is a huge wish for us to live together,

live together in the future. we need a good mixture of authorities, governments and personal engagement. every citizen of his own. the different activities that deal with our citizens should be more recognized people stay in their own corner and we should create more enthusiasm for volunteer is some, and also another conclusion to the fact that whenever the age, with a for the handicapped or not he handicap or origin we should all have the same values and also conclude we should do more on the tolerance side.

we should not put people in the box is all the same and i'm encouraged by what i've heard today and we are going to look at every proposal that has been mentioned today, and perhaps what you could not say today you can sell it to us or the incident. really what we are interested in is to learn from you and to feel how we can make germany into a beautiful country. [applause] and how this country can even be a better country. and everybody can bring his own talent. thank you that you came here and participated in it wasn't too

boring thank you mrs. chancellor we have heard a lot. no expression will be lost. thank you. good evening. [applause]