An inclusive society needs to fulfil various functions: Openness and tolerance are one set of characteristics and integrative legal measures, such as naturalisation, are another. Regarding the formal structures of this process of inclusion European member states have not lived up to their duties. Germany’s integration politics and jurisdiction lacks satisfactory inclusionary measures integrating migrants into society. Altering these conditions is mandatory for a country facing and requiring increasing immigration.

• Professor of Political Studies, Dietrich Thränhardt, observes that despite a growing need for immigration in Germany, numbers are decreasing and except for rhetorical assurances integration has worsened in the past decades. He sees new chances for the EU in the opening of labour markets to the new members as long as bureaucratic obstacles are reduced. 
• Turkey is turning into a highly attractive place for emigration, says social scientist Kamuran Sezer. He evaluates the characteristics of emigration and the readiness of Turks living in Germany and German-Turks to emigrate but states that not everyone is emigrating permanently, but rather “transmigration” is taking place.
• Regarding the lack of recognition for foreign qualifications in Germany in the current system, the Green Party politician Krista Sager demands a claim for an individual testing procedure as well as the standardisation and simplification of the recognition process.