Tag: German defence ministry

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.

German court rejects Yemeni complaint against U.S. air base supporting drone attacks

The Second Senate of the Federal Constitutional Court, (l-r), Thomas Offenloch, Astrid Wallrabenstein, Ulrich Maidowski, Doris König (Chairwoman of the Second Senate), Christine Langenfeld, Rhona Fetzer, Peter Frank, announce the verdict on US drone missions via Ramstein | Photo: Uli Deck/dpa

Germany’s top court on Tuesday rejected a constitutional complaint over the government’s legal responsibility for U.S. drone attacks carried out in Yemen with the assistance of facilities at a U.S. air base in Ramstein. The Constitutional Court, based in the south-western city of Karlsruhe, denied the suit brought by two Yemeni nationals whose relatives were killed in a U.S. drone attack in Yemen in 2012.