Okay, so basically pro immigration. We also see in the article that the FDP guy used his speech to distance his party from right wing populism.
So the top three parties in this regional election were all pro immigration to one degree or another. It’s not until you get down to the smaller, fringier parties that the immigration skeptic position appears.
That explains why Merkel continues along the same course. There is no political pressure to do otherwise. Looking at it from the outside you’d think it would be different, but there you have it.