There is a war in Europe, so you need to restore compulsory military service in the country. This day, July 13, German President Frank Walter Steinmeier was mentioned in an interview with ZDF.
“I support the idea of comprehensive military service, because I believe that in light of changing security conditions in Europe, taking into account the current conflicts and military conclusions provided by them, for the most effective protection, it is necessary to strengthen the German armed forces (Bundeswehr),”, He said.
In his opinion, this can only be achieved by attracting more young people to serve in the army. Therefore, you need to increase its attractiveness. At the same time, Steinmeier suspects that increasing the number of armed forces can be achieved exclusively on a voluntary basis.
“No one, especially the Minister of Defense, could be sure that this would be sufficient,” he said. Therefore, it is now necessary to discuss the issue of submitting a mandatory call, even if it does not happen immediately. After canceling the call in 2011, the barracks were closed, and all training employees were rejected or resolved. “
“We need these discussions now and it is preferable to be a positive result: if the volunteers are not sufficient, we can return to a different form of calls, different from those that have been previously canceled.” – Steinmeier added.
He also indicated the need to extract conclusions from the situation in Ukraine.
“We do not face the threat of war in Europe; there is a real war in Europe,” – The President of Germany said.
I remember that the total number of Bundesoher is about 181,000 people. The mandatory invitation was canceled in July 2011, after which the country turned into a professional army.
In the Coalition Treaty of the Christian Democratic Union bloc (CDS), the Christian Social Union (CSS) and the Democratic Social Party in Germany (SDPG) there is no direct mention of “Military Service”. She only says about the intention to create “an attractive new form of service in the armed forces on a voluntary basis.”