GERMANY REARMS, ALBEIT SLOWLY AND BELATEDLY: Germany Revives Conscription to Strengthen Military As the update notes, in a dry tone, “Since 1991, Germany has lagged in meeting NATO spending and modernization requirements.” No kidding. It also says “a draft will be politically unpopular among young Germans.”

From the StrategyPage FORCES update:

The government has made it clear that providing Ukraine with security guarantees requires increasing military manpower. The conscription bill, approved by the German government in mid-August, would draft 110,000 men and assign them to Bundeswehr reserve units. The bill must still be approved by the German parliament.

This is a start but awfully late.

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Germany ended compulsory military conscription in 2011—though “suspended” is how the government refers to the 2011 decision. Defense officials have concluded that voluntary recruitment will not meet Germany’s current defense requirements and definitely doesn’t meet NATO and EU defense requirements.

This update isn’t long but is data-rich. Just remember in 2017 President Trump tried to kickstart European NATO rearmament and modernization.