A spokesman for the defense of the German Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) said on Tuesday that the country should quickly restore compulsory military service. The CDU/CSU parties won the parliamentary elections last month and will lead the federal government. This is reported to TASR, according to the AFP report.
A CDU/CSU spokesman for defense matters Florian Hahn told Bild that “the suspension of conscription is no longer corresponding to the current security situation”. “The first conscripts will have to cross the gates of the barracks as early as 2025. We cannot just stand and see how the world around us becomes more dangerous,” added.
Concerns about the future power of NATO in Europe are related to the inclination of US President Donald Trump to the foreign policy of Russia, which disrupts the attitudes of the West from recent years. Friedrich Merz’s leader has promised to change several approaches to his predecessor Angela Merkel, including an attitude towards migration or 2011, to suspend the military obligation.
This week Merz reiterated that it would be a military or public service service for re -introducing an obligation to perform one year. The leader of the Christian Democrats has already said that in the era of US President Donald Trump, Europe will have to better address his own security.
The military duty is a controversial topic in Germany, but its support has increased across the political spectrum over the past three years. The outgoing Minister of Defense Boris Pistorius promoted the idea of building a stronger armed forces, but without compulsory military service.
Pistorius’s plan will be a questionnaire for all 18-year-olds in Germany with questions about physical condition and interest in service in the army. The questionnaire will be compulsory for men and voluntary for women, and on the basis of it will be invited to the selection process.
