Bundeswehr: This Military Service Law Is a Capitulation to Reality

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The German chancellor Friedrich Merz obviously lacks the strength to enforce a return to compulsory military service. The result is a lazy compromise, which should not last long.

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The Federal Government has correctly recognized Germany's threat situation, but Friedrich Merz and Boris Pistorius deny the Bundeswehr the instruments to respond appropriately.

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Berlin, 27 August 2025. Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Minister of Defence Boris Pistorius presented today the German military law adopted by the cabinet. To this end, the defense-political spokesman of the AfD parliamentary group, Rüdiger Lucassen, informs: "The new military service of the coalition is nothing more than a detailed shift in the already existing voluntary military service. Like the unsuccessful attempts to increase attract…