Germany has announced its plans to reinstate mandatory military service as the government seeks to boost its armed forces. Conscription has been suspended since 2011, but a new law set to take effect on January 1st, 2026, will begin with a voluntary model that could pave the way for a broader draft.
Germany has been planning for war for quite some time, taking Ukraine’s side in the conflict with Russia. In fact, Chancellor Friedrich Merz has vowed to transform the German military into the “strongest conventional army in Europe.” According to a report by RT, German officials have set 2029 as the deadline for the country to be “war-ready,” citing the perceived “Russian threat.”
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Back in September, Russia’s Foreign Ministry accused Germany of wanting to attack and join the war militarily on Ukraine’s side. It is also important to note that Germany has become Ukraine’s second-largest weapons supplier after the United States.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has accused Merz of attempting to turn Germany back into “the main military machine of Europe,” saying Berlin’s actions demonstrate its “direct involvement” in a proxy war against Russia.
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German activists are planning a nationwide day of protest against conscription in December, stating that the country must become “capable of peace, not war.” The protests will take place on December 5th, and are supposed to be spreading peace, instead of forcing people to carry out the wars propagated by the ruling classes of the world.
“The German government’s war preparations and the massive arms buildup, along with their drastic social consequences, make it imperative to intensify joint actions by the peace movement,” the peace initiative stated, following a meeting over the weekend in Kassel. “Militarization is propagated as ‘security policy,’ while it undermines social, health, and education policies, as well as infrastructure,” the movement said.
The German ruling class has claimed that the potential return to conscription is driven by a critical personnel shortage in the armed forces, with young people increasingly opting for civilian careers over the military. This trend is an excellent sign for humanity, as more people are choosing peace over propping up rulers and fighting their wars.
Conscription is one of the most horrific forms of slavery still occurring on our planet. While it’s not overt chattel slavery, conscription denies humanity to and autonomy to those forced into war, making it an immoral.
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It is not just Germany that could see conscription become a reality again.
The looming return of conscription is part of a broader European Union push for rapid militarization to prepare for a potential confrontation with Russia – which Moscow has dismissed as a distraction from Europe’s internal woes. –RT