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Germany Is Preparing to Massively Recruit Into the Army. a Key Man Describes What Awaits the Czechs

Summary by Aktuálně.cz
Mandatory service, abolished in 2011 under Chancellor Angela Merkel, is not yet in the plans, but Berlin is keeping the back door open. If the interest of volunteers is not enough to meet the goals or if the security situation worsens, compulsory military service could return in the future. The goals of the German Ministry of Defense are ambitious. The corps, currently numbering around 182 thousand professional soldiers, is to grow to 260 thousa…
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Mandatory service, abolished in 2011 under Chancellor Angela Merkel, is not yet in the plans, but Berlin is keeping the back door open. If the interest of volunteers is not enough to meet the goals or if the security situation worsens, compulsory military service could return in the future. The goals of the German Ministry of Defense are ambitious. The corps, currently numbering around 182 thousand professional soldiers, is to grow to 260 thousa…

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Aktuálně.cz broke the news in on Thursday, September 4, 2025.
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