[HIGHLIGHTS] Survey shows: One in two people would like compulsory military service to return in Germany

Survey shows: One in two people would like compulsory military service to return in Germany. Compulsory military service was suspended in Germany in July 2011 after 55 years under the then Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg (CSU) CSU leader Markus Söder: “Our country needs 100 percent defense capability.

The reintroduction of compulsory service is an important building block for this,” the Bavarian Prime Minister told the Augsburger Allgemeine.