German Chancellor Angela Merkel's refugee policy has attracted praise from all over the world.<br />The speech that followed, however, may have surprised supporters of her policies: Multiculturalism remains a sham , she said, before adding that Germany may be reaching its limits in terms of accepting more refugees.<br />"Of course the tendency had been to say, 'Let's adopt the multicultural concept and live happily side by side, and be happy to be living with each other.'<br />Repeating those ideas on Monday was meant to calm her supporters who have grown increasingly weary of the influx of refugees.<br />Merkel emphasized that despite her commitment to limit the influx of refugees, she was standing by her decision to open the borders earlier this fall.<br />Multiculturalism usually has a positive connotation, but to Merkel it symbolizes the emergence of isolated societies within Germany - and ultimately a failure of assimilating immigrants.
