Tens of thousands of students have today demonstrated in a hundred cities throughout Germany against the possibility of compulsory military service being returned.
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25/09/2026
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Lusa
Segundo the organizers, more than 45,000 people went out to support student protest against compulsory military service; while awaiting more accurate official data, the police limited themselves to detailing membership in some cities of the country, including Berlin.
In the German federal capital, the police estimated that some 2,400 people have spoken, while in other cities the accession to the protests was smaller, as in Munich, with about 700 people, or Nuremberg, with about 400.
“ Young people do not want to join the German Armed Forces,” said the protest spokesman, Bela Breitner, in statements to the DPA news agency.
The law on the new military service came into force in January this year. In a first phase, the initiative is based on the idea of recruiting volunteers born from 2008 on mandatory medical examination, starting only in July 2027.
If the objectives set are not achieved, Parliament may decide to impose mandatory military service, suspended in Germany in 2011.