
Lottery-Based Military Conscription Comes to Germany
All young men will be required to complete a mandatory questionnaire about their willingness and ability to serve.

All young men will be required to complete a mandatory questionnaire about their willingness and ability to serve.

The willingness to fight for Germany, however, is among the lowest in Europe.
While the centre-right CDU party welcomes the move, the Social Democrats are split on the issue.
According to experts, the German tanks were designed by engineers who had never seen war, and thus tended to overcomplicate the system.
CDU/SPD coalition already seeking recruits as part of European rearmament.

Former military leader points to “significant deficits in terms of capabilities” in the German army, letting no other European leaders off lightly either.

It is “premature” for Germany to consider sending its soldiers to Ukraine, warns the Armed Forces Commissioner.

The German military has to be transformed to meet the potential threat of armed conflict, Pistorius said.

Given that Germany’s Bundeswehr is ailing—a matter compounded by the Russo-Ukrainian war—the task set before Boris Pistorius is nothing if not daunting.

Various media reports say that for some weapon systems, Germany may only have enough ammunition for a few hours of combat should war break out.