Germany s Bundestag parliament began its first reading of the contentious bill seeking to reintroduce some form of military service, on a purely voluntary basis at first but with contested plans to add some kind of mandatory component in future if necessary.The legislation to modernise the Bundeswehr military is supposed to come into force in 2026, but time is already running short, and frictions on the policy plans spilled out into the public earlier in the week. Politicians from both ruling parties, the Christian Democrats and Social Democrats, tried to indicate flexibility and willingness for compromise after the communications blunders of the previous 48 hours. Meanwhile, some Greenpeace...
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