{"id":40167,"date":"2025-12-05T12:32:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T12:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/world\/german-bundestag-approves-new-military-service-law-amid-russian-threat\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T12:32:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T12:32:06","slug":"german-bundestag-approves-new-military-service-law-amid-russian-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/world\/german-bundestag-approves-new-military-service-law-amid-russian-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"German Bundestag approves new military service law amid Russian threat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The German Bundestag has passed a new military service law that provides for a two-tier system with voluntary service and possible conscription. This is intended to increase the size of the Bundeswehr, as 18-year-old men will receive notices of readiness to serve.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/unn.ua\/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimg.unn.ua%2Fimg%2F2025%2F09%2F06%2F1757191627-4046-large.webp&amp;w=720&amp;q=75\" alt=\"German Bundestag approves new military service law amid Russian threat\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The German Bundestag has approved a new law on military service. It aims to increase the size of the Bundeswehr amid strained relations with Russia, reports UNN with reference to Reuters.<\/p>\n<h2>Details<\/h2>\n<p>After months of heated debate, the new law was passed. It introduces a two-tier system: a more lucrative voluntary service aims to attract young recruits, but if recruitment is not sufficient, lawmakers can activate conscription based on needs.<\/p>\n<p>18-year-old men and women will receive notices of readiness to serve, although only men are required to respond.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Germany&#039;s move is in line with a general European trend, as France, Italy and Belgium are expanding voluntary service, and the Nordic and Baltic countries are strengthening compulsory conscription in response to probable Russian aggression.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; the material says.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Recall<\/h2>\n<p>The Bundestag approved Germany&#039;s federal budget for 2026, providing for a record amount of financial support for Ukraine and strengthening the country&#039;s defense capabilities. Aid to Ukraine will amount to 11.5 billion euros.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The German Bundestag has passed a new military service law that provides for a two-tier system with voluntary service and possible conscription. This is intended to increase the size of the Bundeswehr, as 18-year-old men will receive notices of readiness to serve. The German Bundestag has approved a new law on military service. It aims [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40168,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-40167","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}