by Rhoda Wilson, Expose News:
Germany’s ruling coalition parties, the CDU/CSU and the SPD, have reached a compromise on a new military service model following months of negotiations, marking a significant shift in the country’s defence policy.
The agreement establishes a hybrid system centred on voluntary military service, with the potential for mandatory call-ups if recruitment targets are not met, driven by heightened security threats from Russia’s war in Ukraine.
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Last week, we noted in an article that, through a defence pact with European Union (“EU”) member countries, the European Commission was attempting to build an EU army and intelligence unit. As the pact is being expanded to include non-EU countries, such as the UK and Canada, we asked whether this was the beginning of a one world army, or one of the regional armies, that would be centrally controlled by a world body or its selected regional agents.
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What prompted our article was reports of a recent shift of UK intelligence cooperation away from the US and towards the EU. Bearing our previous article in mind, it is now being reported that the coalition government in Germany has agreed to inch closer to bringing back mandatory military service.
The Bundeswehr, Germany’s armed forces, was established in 1956 during the Cold War and is fully integrated into NATO’s military command structure, particularly for air and naval forces. All of the Air Force’s combat units, as well as the airspace surveillance forces, are fully subordinate to NATO Command Forces and the Alliance, even in peacetime, from the beginning.
Further reading: The Bundeswehr in the Cold War, Bundeswehr
Conscription in Germany was formally suspended on 1 July 2011, through the Military Law Amendment Act 2011, marking the end of a postwar tradition that began in 1957. At the time, around 190,000 professional and temporary soldiers were serving in the armed forces. The military now relies on voluntary service, although the legal basis for conscription remains in the constitution and could be reinstated in times of defence or tension.
It was announced on 13 November that Germany’s coalition government partners – the Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union (“CDU/CSU”) and the Social Democratic Party (“SPD”) – had agreed on a plan to bolster the number of troops in the Bundeswehr from the current 183,000, including nearly 11,000 volunteers, to 255,000–270,000 soldiers, with another 200,000 reservists by 2035. It is being touted as “a key element in a wider drive to rebuild the country’s shrunken armed forces.”
