Faced with the Russian threat and the difficulties of recruitment, Berlin wants to increase the army to 260,000 soldiers by 2035
Germany: Decision on the return of compulsory military service by July 2027
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Faced with an increasing Russian threat, and an unpredictable American ally, Chancellor Friedrich Merz wants to build Europe's most powerful conventional army, bringing the number of career soldiers from 185,000 to at least 260,000 by 2035. The Bundeswehr recruited 530 volunteers from January to May, while some 300,000 young people were contacted. To this end, voluntary military service was established, as well as a mandatory census for men in the year of their 18th birthday.
Furthermore, Asked about the youth movement against military service that regularly mobilizes crowds in Germany, Mr Röwekamp said "understand their concern" because since the end of military service in 2011, after the end of the Cold War, young people are no longer aware of security issues. Germany struggles to recruit soldiers and will have to decide by July 2027 whether or not to return to compulsory military service to muscle its army, said to the AFP a senior parliamentary official, Thomas Röwekamp. "I therefore plead for dialogue with this generation," Röwekamp continues, recalling that Berlin believes that Russia's armed forces will be ready for direct military confrontation with the West by 2029.
In addition, The decision will have to be taken by 31 July next year", said the AFP Mr Röwekamp, chairman of the defence committee of the Bundestag, the lower house of Parliament. Accelerating rearmament For him, Vladimir Putin's goal, beyond his war in Ukraine, is to defeat Western liberal democracies.
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Faced with an increasing Russian threat, and an unpredictable American ally, Chancellor Friedrich Merz wants to build Europe's most powerful conventional army, bringing the number of career soldiers from 185,000 to at least 260,000 by 2035.
reliability low1/2 sourcesThe Bundeswehr recruited 530 volunteers from January to May, while some 300,000 young people were contacted.
reliability low1/2 sourcesTo this end, voluntary military service was established, as well as a mandatory census for men in the year of their 18th birthday.
reliability low1/2 sourcesAsked about the youth movement against military service that regularly mobilizes crowds in Germany, Mr Röwekamp said "understand their concern" because since the end of military service in 2011, after the end of the Cold War, young people are no longer aware of security issues.
reliability low1/2 sourcesGermany struggles to recruit soldiers and will have to decide by July 2027 whether or not to return to compulsory military service to muscle its army, said to the AFP a senior parliamentary official, Thomas Röwekamp.
reliability low1/2 sources"I therefore plead for dialogue with this generation," Röwekamp continues, recalling that Berlin believes that Russia's armed forces will be ready for direct military confrontation with the West by 2029.
reliability low1/2 sourcesThe decision will have to be taken by 31 July next year", said the AFP Mr Röwekamp, chairman of the defence committee of the Bundestag, the lower house of Parliament.
reliability low1/2 sourcesAccelerating rearmament For him, Vladimir Putin's goal, beyond his war in Ukraine, is to defeat Western liberal democracies.
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The compulsory service, if introduced, would not cover the whole of an age group, estimated at about 350 000 German men aged 18 years.
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