German Chancellor Friedrich Merz believes that in the long run, military service will not "remain exclusively voluntarily", but may become mandatory.
"I am in favor of our agreement in the coalition agreement, that is, to stay true to the voluntary service yet. However, I doubt that it will not remain solely voluntarily, "said Message in an interview with Ard.
On October 2, the Bild newspaper reported that the CDU / CSU faction was blocked by the Bundesta's discussion on the bill on the new model of the German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD).
The German Ministry of Defense aims to increase the number of Bundesver troops to 260,000, and the reserve is 200,000.
