Aiwanger calls for compulsory social year for everyone - "Abolition of military service is a mistake"

The Bavarian Minister of Economic Affairs Hubert Aiwanger wants to learn the lessons from the Corona crisis and make a social year mandatory for everyone.

Munich / Augsburg - Hubert Aiwange r (Free Voters) is known for his clear words. The Bavarian Minister of Economic Affairs has now proven this once again in an interview with the Augsburger Allgemeine (Wednesday edition). Accordingly, the abolition of compulsory military service and community service was a mistake. He is now calling for the lessons to be learned from the Corona * crisis and wants to introduce a mandatory social year for everyone.

In December 2010, the federal cabinet decided to suspend compulsory military service as of July 1, 2011. The word “suspension” implies that, purely formally, conscription continues to exist in Germany, but in times of peace no conscripts will be drafted. This is exactly where the Bavarian Minister for Economic Affairs wants to start .

Aiwanger wants a compulsory social year - learn lessons from the corona crisis

An "attractive, well-paid social year for everyone" is one of the lessons from the Corona * crisis. Because currently it is difficult in this time of crisis to find enough people for the Corona * test stations. If conscription had not been abolished - or, better yet, suspended - these bottlenecks would not exist: “That would not have been a problem in the days of conscription . In the past we would have sent a Bundeswehr paramedic or people doing community service . But we don't have enough reserves here, ” Aiwanger criticizes the current situation. His conclusion is: The abolition of conscription was a mistake.

Young people have the opportunity to get involved in social areas through a voluntary social year . Voluntary applications to the Bundeswehr are also possible. As the dpa reports, the interest in the Bundeswehr's offer was extremely low. In the first half of the year, only around 5,200 men and women applied for the 7 to 23-month service, compared with 11,200 in the entire past year.

Aiwanger calls for compulsory social year - "Abolishing conscription was a mistake"

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In an interview with the newspaper, Aiwanger not only commented on compulsory military service , Bavaria's Minister of Economic Affairs also rejects a driving ban on motorcycles on Sundays and public holidays: “I don't want to forbid people to ride a motorcycle. You don't have to regulate everything and you have to let all five be. Otherwise a culture of prohibition creeps in, where people disturb everything, from the crowing bell to the ringing of church bells. ”Because of the noise that some motorcycles make, the Federal Council wants to advocate a driving ban on Sundays and public holidays. * Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network