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Hurrelmann Proposes Mandatory Service for Seniors, Citing Youth Contributions

Summary
Generational researcher Klaus Hurrelmann calls for mandatory military service for senior citizens as well. Older people should participate more in social activities after their working lives. He also advocates for a flexible retirement age.

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Center

If you are older than 50, you are well placed to serve the boys, but how about a compulsory service that takes older people into this social responsibility, men and women?

·Berlin, Germany
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Far Right

Just now, the "Boomer-Soli" caused justified anger. Now, the next blow against the generation that our country has built up, enabled prosperity and kept the store running for decades: The youth researcher Klaus Hurrelmann demands to take pensioners into duty – for social service up to the state defense. A comment by Vanessa Renner Hurrelmann's idea is as simple as cynical: the elderly, who have already done their part, are supposed to continue b…

Left

The broadcaster N-TV asked yesterday: "How would it be if seniors had to complete a compulsory social year before retirement?"If the eastern front is opened, the bedpan must be emptied reliably in the hinterland.

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Center

A German sociologist calls for the introduction of a compulsory social year for all pensioners. Thus, the burden of responsibility could be better distributed.

Lean Right

Sociologist Klaus Hurrelmann advocates a compulsory social service for seniors. Instead of using only the boys to defend the country, according to the 81-year-old, all generations should bear responsibility. Those who are fit can also tackle after the retirement age.

·Dortmund, Germany
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Lean Left

A little music goes up as to a contribution of pensioners, suspected of drawing at the expense of the younger ones. How does this debate resonate in the intimacy of a family? To make an idea of it, Marianne was invited to lunch at Anne-Marie and Jacky, in the Sarthe.

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Frankfurter Allgemeine broke the news in Frankfurt, Germany on Saturday, July 19, 2025.
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