Merz: Compulsory Military Service for Women Would Be "the Fourth Step"

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The Bundeswehr should get more soldiers, first on a voluntary basis. If that is not enough, the comeback of the general conscription could come. Whether women should also be recruited must be discussed in a socio-political manner, said Merz.

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The Federal Chancellor is open to compulsory military service for women. However, this is only the "third, fourth step". First, the new military service law should apply.

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Federal Chancellor Merz can imagine including women if there is a compulsory military service again. However, this is only "the fourth step" - because the new, voluntary military service is the focus at first.

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The left also refuses conscription for women.

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The Bundeswehr should have more soldiers, first on a voluntary basis. If that is not enough, a compulsory military service could come again. The chancellor also thinks about the inclusion of women. The left is outraged.

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The German Chancellor, Friedrich Merz, speculated this Monday with the possibility of women doing the new military service in the German Armed Forces, although he acknowledged that it would be "the fourth option", as a change of the German Constitution would be necessary.