Schools Closed and Students on the Streets in Germany: 18-Year-Olds React to the Possibility of Reinstating Compulsory Military Service
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All 18-year-olds are sent a questionnaire asking if they are interested and willing to join the armed forces.
Since January, all 18-year-old men have been required to declare whether they would be soldiers, and all those involved are subject to medical examinations. Student strikes are protesting in several cities across the country.
Students from all over Germany protest against the possible reintroduction of compulsory military service into national legislation. Teenagers are revolted that when they turn 18 they receive...
Young Germans who have expressed a lack of interest in military service in a Bundeswehr poll receive calls for compulsory qualification anyway. The Ministry of Defense confirms that such actions are lawful. Opponents of the new rules say bluntly: We have been deceived.
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