Germany Forced To Water Down ‘Compulsory’ Military Draft Plans
Conscription proposal sparks unease among ruling coalition members
Conscription proposal sparks unease among ruling coalition members
Is Congress willing to recognize the major problems a mandatory draft will create?
The CDU thinks compulsory service is unavoidable in Germany, but EPP chief Manfred Weber would rather introduce it across the entire EU.
Mobilisation is an increasingly contentious issue in the country exhausted by two years of fighting.
“We do not rearm because we want war. We are rearming because we want to avoid it,” said Danish PM.
Reports from last year of enthusiastic men joining the army are now being overshadowed by almost daily reports of men attempting to flee the country.
While hundreds of thousands of men eligible to serve in the army have fled Russia, not many of them have applied for asylum in Finland yet.
Amid heavy fighting in Ukraine, Russia has increased the age of eligibility for military conscription which could potentially see conscripts sent to regions of Ukraine that were annexed by Russia last year.
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