Boris Pistorius presented the schedule new model of military service in Germany, whose goal is min. Increasing the size of the army.
Initially, the program will rely on voluntarybut Pistorius warned that this could change.
Germany. A new model of military service
– if the time comes when voluntary registration It will not be sufficient, then a decision may be made to compulsory. This is the road map – he said.
Chancellor's government Friedrich Merz I am working quickly on a new project the Military Service Act and hopes that he will come into force in January 2026, added Pistorius.
Debate on the restoration of suspended in 2011 consumption to the army in Germany It intensified with the increase in fears about the readiness of national defense and evolving security threats in Europeafter Russia's full -glass invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Pistorius also said that the new model of military service would include activities aimed at involvement in service more reservists.