Zócalo Public Square

In Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel's open embrace of refugees fleeing wars in Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan has added urgency to longstanding soul-searching about what it means to be German, particularly for newly arrived immigrants, and even their children. At a Zócalo Public Square / Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft / NPR Berlin event moderated by U.S. Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Rick Stengel, five speakers—actress and comedian Idil Baydar, Bundestag MP Özcan Mutlu of the Green Party, Riem Spielhaus of the Erlanger Center for Islam and Law in Europe, Brookings Institution Senior Fellow Audrey Singer, and Bundestag MP Cemile Giousouf of the Christian Democratic Union—discuss the ways Germany can better integrate immigrants, with a particular focus on Muslims.