“Putin is switching to a war economy’: Young Union wants compulsory military service. “This entire voluntary debate is pretty illusory,” says JU chairman Johannes Winkel.
Compulsory military service was suspended in Germany in July 2011 after 55 years under the then Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg (CSU) Defense Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) is having several models of compulsory service examined. This also includes the model practiced in Sweden.