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Compulsory Military Service: Majority of Germans in Favor – Especially Older People
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A majority of Germans support the resumption of military conscription ahead of a new military service law being debated in parliament this week, a poll by Forsa shows.
While the Union and Social Democrats are still arguing about the new military service law, the opinion of the Germans is clear: more than half of the citizens are in favour of a return to compulsory military service. This applies equally to voters of the Union and the SPD.
Berliner Morgenpost
While the older generation supports conscription, the majority of young people strongly oppose it. Is the debate coming to a head?
A majority of Germans are in favour of reintroducing conscription, according to a survey conducted by the Forsa Institute of Opinion. Above all, the voters of a party want this very much.
54 percent are in favour of compulsory military service in a survey. Young people, on the other hand, are clearly opposed to compulsory military service.
54 percent of Germans want to reinstate compulsory military service
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- 40% of the sources are Center, 40% of the sources lean Right
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