Germany: Plans to restore compulsory military service

Germany is likely to consider reinstating compulsory military service by the following year if it does not attract a sufficient number of volunteers to its armed forces, Defense Minister Boris Pistorius told Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung. A member of the NATO alliance, Germany seeks to strengthen its military power after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, but it seems to fail to attract several soldiers to the ranks of its army. According to the German Armed Forces, an additional 100,000 troops will need an additional 100,000 troops to meet Germany’s obligations to NATO. The Christian Democrats led by the Government Coalition in which Boris Pistorius’ Social Democrats are minor partners, promote the increase in defense expenditure and declare open to compulsory term, which was abandoned in 2011. Sunday newspaper that is being released today. ‘If the time comes for […]
Source: News Beast

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