Germany may bring back the conscription of both men and women into the army – World
Currently, the German Armed Forces are currently facing an acute shortage of personnel.
The leader of the opposition Christian Democratic Union, Friedrich Merz, who is running for the position of the next chancellor of Germanyannounced plans to return to the military draft.
He said this during a speech at the Federal Academy of Security Policy in Berlin, The Times reports.
This initiative envisages the gradual introduction of selective conscription for both young men and women in order to strengthen the country's defense capabilities.
“We understand that this cannot be done overnight,” Mertz noted
According to him, in the future, up to 30,000 conscripts were annually trained in the armed forces. This will double the size of the active reserve, which is currently insufficient to protect the country. Note that the German army is currently facing a shortage of…
