Military Service: Young People Chanceless Against Putin? – "Couldn't wage war"

The future black and red government is relying on a voluntary military service. But is that enough to prepare for the emergency?

The coalition agreement reached by the Union and the SPD on (today) Wednesday has little surprise in the area of defence policy: both sides agree in the view of increasing defence spending as well as in the willingness to speed up procurement for the armed forces. Not quite as expected was at most the position on compulsory military service, which is virtually entirely in line with the position of Boris Pistorius (SPD) as the current and probabl…