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Germany should return to conscription from 2025, the country’s armed forces chief said on Tuesday (12 March), as the defence ministry works on a new model inspired by Scandinavian countries.<\/p>\n

Germany abolished conscription for its male citizens in 2011, but in the wake of the war in Ukraine, the government reintroduced it in a bid to boost the country’s defence capabilities.<\/p>\n

The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces expressed hope that a new form of conscription could be introduced in the coming period to address the shortage of personnel in the Bundeswehr.<\/p>\n

EU citizens may be able to join German armed forces<\/strong><\/p>\n

“I welcome the fact that the debate on conscription is gaining momentum. If at the end of this period we have something like a rough concept that can be implemented in the next period [from 2025], I would be very pleased,” Eva H\u00f6gl of the SPD told reporters while presenting her annual report on the state of the armed forces.<\/p>\n

The commissioner’s comments come after the annual report highlighted that Germany’s military build-up is progressing slowly after years of underfunding its armed forces.<\/p>\n

The size of the Bundeswehr has shrunk compared to the previous year, and “even in the second year of the Zeitenwende [Germany’s efforts to rebuild its armed forces, the ‘turning point’], significant improvements in personnel, equipment and infrastructure are still a long way off,” the report said.<\/p>\n

H\u00f6gl argued that a debate on conscription was ‘urgently needed’, adding that the armed forces could be opened up to EU citizens.<\/p>\n

As Der Spiegel reported last week, the first steps towards conscription have been taken, with German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius instructing his ministry to ‘present options for a scalable model of German military service by 1 April that can contribute to the resilience of the nation as a whole, even in the face of short-term threats’.<\/p>\n

But H\u00f6gl and Pistorius believe that Germany’s current model of compulsory military service for male high school graduates is outdated.<\/p>\n

On a trip to Scandinavia last week, Pistorius said he was ‘in favour’ of the Swedish model. Since the reintroduction of conscription in 2017, the Swedish armed forces have built up a large reserve of reservists.<\/p>\n

Based on a survey of skills and interests, about a quarter of 18-year-old Swedes are invited to an annual military examination. A smaller proportion are offered basic military training.<\/p>\n

FDP and Greens take a cautious approach<\/strong><\/p>\n

But with Pistorius’ SPD coalition partners, the Greens and the FDP, sceptical, it is doubtful that any significant progress will be made in the current period.<\/p>\n

Sara Nanni, the party’s leading MP on defence, told RND that the Greens were in favour of a basic concept, but that conscription was the wrong way to go.<\/p>\n

Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann of the FDP, chairwoman of the parliamentary defence committee, argued that Germany’s armed forces need experts rather than recruits, which would make conscription too costly compared to its benefits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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