New Military Service: Anyone Who Goes Through the Barracks Gate Must Remain in Doubt
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The planned new military service of Minister of Defense Boris Pistorius is due to be adopted by the Cabinet at the end of August. WORLD is exclusively in the draft law. It contains new political ignition material.
“For me, military service was formative. I learned discipline and teamwork, but imposing it by obligation makes no sense. Motivation has to come from within,” says Felix, 26 years old, former volunteer soldier and now engineer in Hamburg. His testimony is one of those collected by the German Ministry of Defence in preliminary work for the planning of the new military service, whose project will be presented by German Defense Minister Boris Pisto…
Will there soon be compulsory military service in Germany again? This is controversially discussed in politics and in society. "SWR Aktuell 360 Grad" has asked in Koblenz.
Reintroduction of conscription, extension of military service or reinforcement of reservist units: different options are being explored to better respond to threats.
Should a compulsory military service be introduced again, it would primarily concern young men. The fact that it would not apply to older people is due, among other things, to the majority relations in the Bundestag.
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