Berlin (dpa -AfX) – Chancellor Department Thorsten Frei (CDU) does not expect any special difficulties in the government coalition when communicating on a compulsory military service if this step should be necessary. For this you need a decision of the Bundestag, “but it should not be difficult to find if we agree in the coalition which goal should be achieved,” said Frei in the ZDF program “Markus Lanz”.
“We have decided that now. And that’s why we do exactly that,” said Frei about Wednesday’s cabinet decision. Accordingly, an attempt should be made to the number of volunteers for a service in the Bundeswehr to increase. According to the new NATO goals, the Bundeswehr must achieve a personnel strength of at least 260,000 men and women in the active group and 200,000 reservists.
If it is not possible to win enough volunteers, according to the draft law, mandatory use can be introduced. However, this would not be done automatically, but would have to be approved by the parliament again. The SPD had worth it in the discussion before the cabinet decision ./Brd/dp/zb