More than 60 percent of Germans support the return of conscription to the military. The newspaper writes about this Welt am Sonntag Citing the results of a survey conducted by the YouGov opinion research institute.
According to the survey, nearly a third of respondents (32%) oppose the return of compulsory military service. Another 8% refused to answer this question.
Of those who support the return of conscription, 72 percent support the opposition bloc of the Christian Democrats and Christian Social Unions (CDU/CSU).
Additionally, almost half of German citizens believe that Germany is threatened by foreign armed forces. 40 percent of Germans do not see any threat.
Before that, former German diplomat Joachim Bitterlich statedThat Germany is not ready for conflict with Russia.
According to the former diplomat, only two armies in Europe are ready for a real conflict with Russia: the French and the British. Germany’s defense spending is considerably lower than other European countries, leaving the Bundeswehr far behind other EU armies.
Previously in Germany stated There is an approximately three-fold increase in the number of right-wing extremists.
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Source: Gazeta
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