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German MPs Back New Military Service Model

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German parliamentarians backed a new scheme for military service on Friday as the country seeks to bolster its long ill-equipped and understaffed armed forces following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The reform stops short of introducing conscription but will include mandatory screening of all 18-year-old men and measures such as higher pay aimed at making service […]

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The new military service is coming! The Bundestag has approved the law. For young men there is a questionnaire and a mandatory pattern.

·Germany
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From 1 January the new military service is to come in Germany. For young men then the duty to information and pattern applies, but further voluntary service. There are also criticisms and protests.

·Zürich, Switzerland
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The Bundestag passed new rules for conscription into the army. From next year, recruitment surveys of 18-year-old Germans will begin. The service is to be based on a voluntary basis, but if the number of volunteers is too low, a draw may be introduced. The new rules will apply from 2026.

·Warszawa, Poland
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With the almost complete majority of the coalition factions of the Union and the SPD, the majority of the parliament approved the legislative package, which had recently been changed once again with negotiations within the coalition and provided, among other things, for concrete guidelines for the size of the Bundeswehr in the coming years. In the roll-call vote on Friday (today) 323 deputies voted in favour of the law, so that, by the way, more…

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Neue Zürcher Zeitung broke the news in Zürich, Switzerland on Friday, December 5, 2025.
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