STORY: Note: This post will be sent to you without narration. REINHARD SAGER, PRESIDENT OF THE GERMAN COUNTY ASSOCIATION “I thank you with respect for the invitation from Ms. Faeser to today’s meeting. But it made it clear to me that it would have been right for the Federal Chancellor to have invited to a meeting. This is overdue. That is our position and also that of many municipal officials. Don’t take the length of the session to mean that we produced excellent results for four hours.” “To my great disappointment and to the disappointment of the municipal umbrella organizations, I have to say that not only did we not make any progress there today, but that the federal government made it clear that it was not prepared to continue to support us.” “Living space is limited. Volunteers and full-time workers are hardly available in sufficient numbers. It is clear that we need reinforcements. But there are hardly any people who can be hired or recruited. You have to be very clear about that And the fact that we took in more than a million Ukrainian refugees in Germany last year, beginning after February 24, shows that we are on the verge of a turning point here, too.” HESSE MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR PETER BEUTH (CDU) “Migration to Europe must be regulated more closely. We need greater relief there. This is the only way we can achieve that the municipalities in their situation, which they currently have with the accommodation of refugees, a relief experience. This also requires a fundamental restart in the migration policy of the traffic light coalition. I said earlier in the conference that in the end I have to change the mindset here in Berlin.”