Increasing military personnel through military service and reserves. In 2011, a time when allocating massive resources to defence no longer seemed a plausible option, Germany suspended compulsory military service. The backdrop has changed, however, and the return of conscription is on the horizon. The army currently has 185,000 soldiers (80,000 civilians) but, according to defence minister Boris Pistorius, the country’s rearmament and Germany’s commitments to NATO mean that the number of troops
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As a Berlin correspondent for the French and Swiss press since the late 1990s, I cover a wide range of economic, political and social issues, with a particular focus on the German business and labour market. My areas of interest include co-determination, digitalisation, demographics and ESG/DEI policies.