Military leverage: Germany discusses reintroduction
In recent days, according to France24 , German politicians have called for a return to a form of compulsory military service.
Wolfgang Hellmich, a center-left Social Democratic (SPD) politician of Chancellor Olaf Scholz, called for an "urgent" debate on the issue in an interview with the Rheinische Post newspaper.
Compulsory military service would help "foster the public spirit," he said, also calling for careers in the Bundeswehr to be made more attractive to young people. There are currently few young Germans wishing to pursue a military career.
The president of the German reservist association has asked the government to reintroduce a "general framework" for military service for both men and women. This could take the form of "a year in which young people who are of age and have completed their education devote themselves to the state and the community," he told the Rheinische Post newspaper.
Even members of the CDU, Angela Merkel's party which is now in opposition after 16 years in power, have expressed support for maintaining the draft. Lower Saxony state parliamentarians came to the point of publishing a document calling for the reintroduction of military service.
Even the voices of the conservative CDU, now in opposition after 16 years in power under Angela Merkel, have spoken out in favor of conscription.
In the state of Lower Saxony, CDU members drafted a document calling for the reintroduction of military service as "a decisive signal to ensure effective military deterrence," according to the daily Die Welt.
CDU MP Carsten Linnemann told Bild newspaper that he was in favor of "one year of compulsory service for young men and women after completing their studies".
This could also take the form of one year of service in the social care sector or in the emergency services, he said.
"This would strengthen our society's resilience to crises" and promote the skills needed in "these constantly challenging times," he said.
If one part of the SPD supports the measure, another strongly opposes it
Eva Hoeg, Social Democrat and defense commissioner of the Bundestag, called the debate "a theoretical discussion that does not help in the current situation".
Chancellor Schultz said 100 billion will be invested in the German army. Obviously this will require a strengthening of the human element as well. So all of this is perfectly in line with Germany's future strategic and military priorities. Considering that our governments lack decision-making autonomy, you will see that soon the same discussion will begin in Italy as well
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