"I Doubt Whether Volunteering Is Enough: Steinmeier with a Sensitive Announcement on the New Military Service

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For three years, the Federal President has been promoting his idea of a social duty period. From his point of view, it is by no means dead, quite the contrary.

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Frank-Walter Steinmeier challenges voluntary military service – and opens the door for a return to compulsory military service. The debate will be "new update", according to the Federal President.

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Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier at a public event (symbolic image) (Photo by Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images) Getty Images Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier doubts whether the new voluntary military service will be sufficient to solve the personnel problems of the German Armed Forces. In the t-online podcast "Vorangedacht" (Thinking Ahead), he reiterated his proposal for mandatory social service for all citizens. "I doubt whether vo…