Tag: Forsa

Germany clears way to reintroduce military service

(L-R) Inspector General Carsten Breuer, U.S. Lieutenant General Alexus Grynkewich, Chancellor Friedrich Merz, and Defence Minister Boris Pistorius talk at the start of the 14th cabinet meeting of the 21st legislative period at the Bendlerblock in the German Defence Ministry | Photo: Britta Pedersen/dpa

The German cabinet approved a bill for setting up a National Security Council and introducing voluntary military service, which could turn into conscription in the absence of sufficient volunteers, of which an initial 15,000 are required with a target of 80,000, whom the government plans to entice with high salaries.

Nearly 2/3rds of Germans back European nuclear shield

An unarmed Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile launches during an operational test at 12:01 Pacific Time, May 21, 2025, at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California | Photo: Tech. Sgt. Elora J. McCutcheon/U.S. Air Force/341st Missile Wing


The poll, conducted by the Forsa polling institute for the magazine Internationale Politik, found that 64 percent of German respondents were in favour of establishing a European nuclear shield as a deterrent, while only 29 percent were opposed.