Saxony's Minister President Michael Kretschmer (CDU) has spoken out in favor of a broad debate on the reintroduction of compulsory military service in Germany. He said on Tuesday in Dresden after a meeting with the Inspector General of the German Armed Forces, Carsten Breuer. "I would very much like us to be able to vote on one, two or even three variants of this compulsory military service and for this to be an issue that is put to the Germans as a whole." Germany is not familiar with this form of direct democracy, but the issue would be an opportunity to allow Germans to vote on such a large and important topic. The Bundestag and Bundesrat could then follow the decision in legislation. This would be important for the acceptance of compulsory military service.
Today, we are facing a different threat and need to react differently, Breuer emphasized. Various models of compulsory military service are currently being developed in the Ministry of Defense. What they all have in common is that the Bundeswehr must be able to grow. This must be measured in terms of the forces Germany provides to NATO, but also in terms of what additional homeland security forces are needed at home.
