Germany's ruling coalition fails to agree on military service proposal

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Wolfgang Richter, colonel a. D., expresses concerns about the lot procedure in the conscription and emphasizes the challenges for the Bundeswehr in the implementation. "It is important that one agrees on a compromise now", says Wolfgang Richter, colonel a. D., at WELT TV.

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The Federal Government wants to win young people for the Bundeswehr. Politically controversial is whether the lot should decide if there are not enough volunteers. What is the legal situation? By Alena Lagmöller and Max Bauer.

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The debate concerns whether the planned military service should be based solely on voluntary enlistment or whether it will also include elements of compulsion.

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The Federal President is now also commenting on the dispute over compulsory military service. He is sceptical about the lot-trial brought into play by the coalitionists. This is all the more true for student representatives.

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The SPD and the Minister of Defence have halted a compromise aimed at drawing lots of those summoned to the aptitude tests.