Expediting the return to the plan of compulsory military service is on the agenda of the German Ministry of Defense

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting “Spiegel” weekly, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius accelerates the process of reinstating conscription in Germany. is to present options for the German conscription model that provide a scalable and threat-adaptive contribution to national resilience by April 1.

In the form of an internal plan that Der Spiegel has revealed that Pistorius wants to present his proposal for a conscription model before the federal election. The introduction of the agenda states: This federal minister intends to make a decision about compulsory military service during this legislative period. In particular, the policy department at the ministry was tasked with preparing a relevant paper. On this trip, learn more about the conscription model there, including in Sweden.

Conscript service has been re-implemented in Sweden since 2017, but Different from Germany before it was suspended in 2008. In Sweden, all school leavers are recruited and the army specifically targets men and women who are suitable for the course. In recent years, Sweden has been able to attract a sufficient number of volunteers for the armed forces in the form of this plan, however, the exact implementation of this model in Germany is hardly possible. In Sweden, about ten percent of a class is recruited into the army, if this applies to Germany, this means that the Bundeswehr has to train 40,000 soldiers a year, the forces do not have enough barracks and trainers for this, Pistorius in an event on the sidelines The Munich Security Conference said that the real figure would be 3,000 or 4,000 conscripts.

Another problem with the restoration of conscription is the issue of fairness in military service. In Germany, the Constitutional Court ruled at the time of conscription that “as many conscripts as possible” and not just a few should go to military service.

This arrangement, while the German army suffers from a shortage of personnel, “Boris Pistorius”, the German Minister of Defense revives the debate about conscription.

Compulsory military service in Germany It was suspended in 2011 after 55 years. Shortly after assuming the post of Minister of Defense, Pistorius described this as a mistake, but a mistake that, according to him, cannot be corrected in the blink of an eye.

Sweden is also in It abolished conscription in 2010, as did Germany, but reintroduced it in 2017. In this Scandinavian country, all men and women are conscripted, in fact, only a small fraction are eventually selected for initial military service. Due to this background and due to the small number of conscripts, military service in Sweden is more or less voluntary, according to which if one does not want to join the army, he has to do community service instead, this duty applies to both men and women. It is the same.

The German army, especially in the shadow of the war in Ukraine, has faced many shortages, including personnel and equipment.

Despite the plans of the German government to solve the shortage of army personnel, according to the information of the German Ministry of Defense, the number of soldiers in this country’s army has decreased in 2023.

In order to solve the crisis of shortage of personnel in the army, the Minister of Defense of Germany has recently put forward a plan to hire foreign nationals, which has been supported by various parties.

According to official statistics from As of last November, more than 181,000 soldiers are serving in the German military, as well as more than 80,000 civilian employees. The number of military personnel is expected to increase to 203,000 by 2031, however, it is currently unclear whether this goal can be achieved; “Just to maintain the current strength of the military, 20,000 positions must be filled every year”.

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