Merkel first used the phrase on 31 August 2015 , at a press conference following a visit to a refugee camp near Dresden where local opponents of her refugee policy booed and heckled her . The full sentence she used was '' " Wir haben so vieles geschafft – wir schaffen das . ” '' This can be translated as " We have managed so many things — we will also manage this situation . " Merkel used the phrase against a background of violence and crime by and against immigrants in Germany. , including the 2016 Munich shooting , the 2016 Ansbach bombing , and the Würzburg train attack
2016 Ansbach bombing
2016 Ansbach bombing
Wir schaffen das