The German army has no time to lose. Call for widespread consumption

Without restoring the universal duty of Bundeswehr's military service, he will not become the strongest army in Europe – writes “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung” on Tuesday. He estimates that Germany “has no time to lose.”

After hot discussions within the coalition, the draft act on the regulation of military service developed by the Minister of Defense Boris Pistorius (SPD) is to be adopted on Wednesday by the German Council of Ministers.

The social democrat cut himself off from the postulate of rapid restoration of compulsory military service. At the same time, he did not exclude a transition to such a model if there were too few volunteers.

“Phase” notes that the bill has not been referred to the “main and legitimate accusation” of some CDU/CSU politicians who argue that Pistorius's voluntary model will not attract the Germans enough to serve in the Bundeswehra.

“It can be assumed that even the defense minister himself has doubts whether, using his model, it will be possible to accept as many recruits as needed to scare away Putin,” we read in “phases”.

The journal estimates that “Germany does not necessarily have time until 2029”. “If a weapon would soon be suspended in Ukraine, the Kremlin could even send his experienced combat troops to the next” special operation “,” he warns.

Meanwhile – as “phases” claims – the CDU/CSU and SPD coalition “is of the opinion that he still has time for a historical return (German: Zeitenwende)” regarding the restoration of compulsory military service.

However, “without the real collection of the Bundeswehr, it will not become the strongest army in Europe.” And this is the promise that Chancellor Friedrich Merz. (PAP) made

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