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DW: Germany mulls reintroduction of compulsory military service
The Bundeswehr is facing a dramatic shortage in personnel. Now Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has rekindled the debate over reintroducing conscription.
At the end of October, the Bundeswehr said it counted 181,383 soldiers in its ranks — that's still some distance from the target of 203,000 that the German military hopes to reach by 2025. This has given rise to concern in times of Russia's war against Ukraine, which has once again reminded Germans how quickly conflicts can erupt in Europe.
Since taking office at the beginning of 2023, Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has been thinking about ways to make the Bundeswehr more attractive as a career. He said he has received 65 concrete proposals from his ministry on recruitment and reforming training methods.
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Update #1: Senior German coalition politician: Conscription should be reviewed (DPA)
Update #2: Germany considers bringing back military service as it seeks to boost troop numbers (The Telegraph)
WNU Editor: This is old news. The German debate on imposing conscription started earlier this year .... German politicians and military chiefs suggest return of conscription (The Guardian). It was not well received then, and it will not be accepted now.
2 comments:
All those Remainers in Britain take note. Once the Germans take full control of the EU, they'll conscript the youth from all over Europe into the 4th Reich Werhmact. Then it will be "Onwards To Moscow!!!" like when they last had an EU army on the Soviet border in 1941.
Nay , this Germany is a shell of its former self.
No way the Bundeswehr can even compare to the competency or valor of the Wehrmacht and Waffen SS.
They are midgets compered their forefathers.
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