Agreement between the Union and the SPD: New military service forces young men to go into military service!

Agreement between the Union and the SPD: New military service forces young men to go into military service!

In a significant shift in Germany's security policy orientation, the leading politicians of the CDU, CSU and SPD today agreed on a new military service. How Tagesschau reports, parliamentary group leaders Jens Spahn from the CDU and Matthias Miersch from the SPD took part in the crucial deliberations. Defense experts were also involved to set the course for the future security architecture.

Initial details of this agreement were announced during a press conference on Thursday morning. A coalition committee meeting is planned for the same evening to further discuss the results.

Mandatory muster for 18 year olds

A central point of the agreement is the mandatory muster for all 18-year-olds, which will come into force next year. Every young man receives a questionnaire on motivation and suitability, which he is required to answer. This particularly affects men born after January 1, 2008; The sampling will be gradually expanded to cover the entire year.

But that's not all: If the number of volunteers is not sufficient, compulsory military service will be considered. The Bundestag will decide on this based on the current defense policy situation. An exciting but also challenging project, as there is no automatic mechanism for activating compulsory military service. Originally, Defense Minister Pistorius' bill was based on voluntary action, but the Union pushed for automatism in the event of insufficient volunteers.

Growth of the Bundeswehr

As part of these reform plans, the Bundeswehr is to increase its personnel and increase its target number to 260,000 active soldiers, supplemented by an additional target of 200,000 reservists. These plans are primarily justified by the increasing threats from Russia.

However, it remains to be seen how the population will react to these measures and whether the goals set can actually be achieved. The fact is that a significant step is being taken in German defense and security policy.

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At a time when both security policy and culinary issues play a role, it becomes clear once again how diverse the topics that affect our society are.