>>507352027"A leading politician in Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservative party wants the German armed forces to start getting ready for a return to compulsory military service.
Jens Spahn, the leader of parliamentary group of Merz's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union, said the military, or Bundeswehr, must start making plans for a draft.
"The Bundeswehr must definitely establish a structure that allows for a swift return to conscription. This cannot happen overnight, but we need to start preparing," Spahn told the Rheinische Post newspaper."