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Facing a shifting geopolitical landscape, Germany’s defense officials are pushing for significant military reforms, including the reinstatement of mandatory military service and increased defense spending to counter potential Russian threats.
Defense Minister Boris Pistorius warns that Putin’s Russia poses an imminent danger to NATO territories. “Putin despises Western societies and independent minds,” he said. “He wants to change the international order and considers himself at war with the West.”
“Even with a potential peace in Ukraine, this threat will prevail. … Our military experts estimate that within four to seven years Putin will be able to launch an attack on NATO territory,” he said.
And so it begins, Germany is rearming and introducing conscription. Sounds familiar?
Defence spokesman of the New German Governenment Florian Hahn-
"The first conscripts will have to walk through the barracks gates in 2025,"
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Germany’s current military force of 179,000 active troops and 30,000 reservists falls significantly short of NATO’s expected contribution of 465,000 personnel. The nation’s naval fleet, numbering fewer than 60 ships, also requires substantial expansion.
Despite previous resistance to mandatory service, which ended in 2011, Pistorius emphasizes the urgent need for military restructuring. “We need an honest debate about the fact that we must incur debt now to ensure our security,” he said. “This is an investment in our future and our children’s future, because ultimately security is the foundation for everything else — our prosperity, our society, our European way of life.”
BREAKING: Germany considers reinstating the draft as Ukraine crisis deepens
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Lt. Gen. Harald Gante reinforces this stance, highlighting infrastructure challenges. “If I have no barracks, no beds, no company buildings in which to house the soldiers, then I cannot recruit them in the first place,” he said.
“There should be no false illusions. If the Russian Federation has the possibility and the impression that it can restore its old Soviet empire with its spheres of influence, I am convinced they would try it,” he said. “And there is exactly one way to stop them, and that is credible deterrence.”
The Christian Democrats, led by potential future chancellor Friedrich Merz, are working toward securing increased military funding, signaling possible support for these proposed reforms.
