Emily Smith – The Telegraph June 27, 2026
Germany is considering reintroducing military conscription for all men by 2027.
The country has attempted to bolster its armed forces through volunteer schemes to counter the growing threat from Russia, but lawmakers fear this is insufficient.
Thomas Röwekamp, chairman of the German parliament’s defence committee, warned that Berlin would have little choice but to revive compulsory enrolment if ambitious recruitment targets were not met.
Mr Röwekamp, of the Christian Democratic Union party, said: “If we do not manage to reach these targets through voluntary enlistment, we will have to return to compulsory conscription.”
He said the decision must be taken by July 31 next year, when the current military service legislation is due to come into effect.
Germany has struggled to attract sufficient recruits despite increased defence spending. Friedrich Merz, the German chancellor, has pledged to build Europe’s strongest conventional army, expanding the Bundeswehr from around 185,000 career soldiers to 260,000 by 2035.
Speaking to AFP, Mr Röwekamp said ministers would need to decide in the first half of next year whether voluntary recruitment alone could deliver the numbers required.
He said: “We will need to have a very fundamental discussion about whether we can achieve the very ambitious growth requirements for active forces and reservists on a voluntary basis. I still have serious doubts that we can.”
Mr Röwekamp said he could “understand that there is uncertainty on this issue”.
Germany suspended compulsory military service in 2011, but the country’s defence posture has shifted dramatically since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Mr Röwekamp said that, since then, “we have not discussed questions of war and peace and the need for defence with the younger generation at all”.
He warned that Russia could be ready to attack a Nato country by 2029, adding: “That is why I strongly advocate that we talk with this generation, not just about them.”
Earlier this year Germany introduced a military service model designed to address a chronic military recruitment crisis.
Under the legislation, men of military age must complete a fitness questionnaire and undergo a medical assessment. The government has reserved the power to introduce compulsory service if voluntary recruitment falls short.
There was uproar earlier this year when plans were announced that men born in 2008 or later must ask the army for permission to leave the country for more than three months. Boris Pistorius, the defence minister, was forced to abandon the plans after widespread criticism.
The military reforms have proved controversial among younger Germans, with critics accusing the government of treating young people as “cannon fodder”.
Germany is not the only European country trying to build up its armed forces in the face of growing Russian aggression.
In France, Emmanuel Macron launched a voluntary form of national service lasting 10 months, with those who sign up receiving €10,000 (£8,700).
The French president said the scheme would predominantly target 18 and 19-year-olds, and aimed to enlist 3,000 people in its first year, 10,000 by 2030 and 50,000 by 2035.
Poland, too, has accelerated its military expansion to strengthen its defences on Nato’s eastern flank. In November, it launched a programme designed to train 400,000 people by the end of this year.
“The country has attempted to bolster its armed forces through volunteer schemes to counter the growing threat from Russia, but lawmakers fear this is insufficient.”
And why is that? Could it have something to do with the mass invasion of all of Europe by the turd world and aided and abetted by Europe’s corrupt and treacherous politicos, leaving nothing for REAL Europeans to fight for????
Once more and finally? Wipe it out and follow Morgenthau! Let them destroy themselves in brüder-mord. Oh, these wicked bankers and lazy rentiers, what joy is there in their empty lives. Always anxious of the backpack bomb. Followers of Chabad enriching itself, and not bother about their next of kin, because nation was an illusion – so woe to all you nicoxes who loves the blood and not “die brüder”!
“We have to force those we ‘represent’ to protect us.”
“Lawmakers” my arse.
Humans are tards. Utter and complete tards.
THE CONTROLLERS
OF GERMANY WANT
CONSCRIPTION ,
NOT THE GERMANS
THEMSELVES,
PATTON SAID WE
HAVE DESTROYED
THE WRONG PEOPLE,
NOW THE WESTERN
WORLD IS DESTROYED,
THIS WOULD BE FOLLOWED
BY KISSINGER CALLING YOU
DUMB STUPID ANIMALS,
THESE PEOPLE NOW
WANT CONSCIPTION ?
=========================
Waste Whitey III (WWIII) coming soon.
this did not work in the UK as no one would join the forces
as we have no country to fight for
its all been given to migrants
let them go fight
Reward bosses who hire foreign migrants says Burnham taskforce
Story by Tim Wallace
Businesses that hire and promote migrants should be rewarded with greater access to government funding,
a task force backed by Andy Burnham has urged.
The Growth and Skills Levy should be used to “incentivise employers to improve recruitment, retention, and progression outcomes for black, Asian, and mixed heritage migrants”, said a report from the Race Equity in Employment Task Force
Abdul Yousef from “Migrants R Us” said we come here for government handouts, free NHS and being allowed to rape kids
its a paradise.
I am tired to see every day on my Firefox screen
the warmongerin news of our german MSMias . no
masses protest against war of ukrain, Nato + jewSA .
but those greenleftistliberal NONworkers are in masses
against AFD for their jew zentralrat masters . if AFD
would come to power they would be the only party to
look out for a way out of the wars + good understanding
with russia . surely israhell, jewSA; Zelensky jew mafia
would not like it . neither jewUK : the workers vote AFD :
only workers live in the reality + know what war does .
Nato, EU; politicians, intelectual mainstream whores
dont live in the reality . they always live in their demonic
fantasyworld . also Hitler lived in + was outcasted by
better, more insidious chessplayers . same the criminal
west now trys with Putin to outplay him .
OUTPLAYED FOREMOST WILL BE THE CIVILIANS
ON ALL SIDES !
only defense for civilians against their
warmongers, traitors + massinvaders would
be a GUN FOR EVERYBODY ! no police,
no military,, no judge, no nukes, no missiles,
no drones . american blacks have understood !
they are inteligent . german age old supremacy
worshipers over centuries are idiots + degenerated !
first were castrated by pope, bishops, kings, aristocraty
later by demonocraty state philosophy . kings called
the police : GENSDE ARMES : fine gentiles with arms .
but soon the gentiles of arms became something special
since they thought they are jnow special . they are NOT !
its the same with believing in a god . you dont need a
pope, priest, rabbi, mullah or ETalien to get the connection .
mostly you dont get because the oneness somewhere
gives a shit on you + children of Gaza .
Gaza, sorry I must say was the best for all children of
the world to become emancipated + liberated from
any god idea . he dont helps . it is a chimera VOID !