German Government Passes New Military Service Plan to Boost Troop Numbers

What Happened?

Germany’s coalition government has passed a military service plan designed to increase the number of troops available for the German armed forces. The new military service plan will mandate all 18-year-old men to fill out a questionnaire on their suitability to serve and, from 2027, to undergo medical screening.

The Bundeswehr, or German Army, currently has approximately 182,000 uniformed personnel. Under the terms of the new agreement, troop levels would be increased by 20,000 over the next year, rising to between 255,000 and 260,000 over the next 10 years, supplemented by approximately 200,000 reservists.

Why it Matters

The purpose of the new framework is to allow Germany to create the strongest and largest army in continental Europe. Germany is Europe’s most populous country anyway, so it logically follows that the German Army has the potential to become the largest one on the continent. The move is a clear response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Russia’s continuing threats against the North Atlantic Treaty Alliance, or NATO.

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NATO was established after World War II and has been characterized by several different Russian commentators as a coordinated effort ‘to keep Russia out and Germany down.’ The first part is correct; the NATO alliance was founded to prevent further Russian westward expansion after the Soviet Union kept control of Eastern Europe in 1945. After Hitler’s defeat, much effort was expended towards rebuilding Germany, and that initially included restrictions on its armed forces.

But for the past several decades, Germany’s armed forces have slowly gained in size and capabilities, and the new agreement is the logical next step in the continuation of that trend. Germany is also the economic powerhouse of Europe, and it can certainly become the most powerful country in Europe. Before the Russian invasion, concerns about Germany’s past would likely have prevented an acceleration of the growth of the German military, but with the war still raging in Ukraine, German leaders have found new resolve to push for a bigger military.

Poland is also devoting considerable resources to expanding the size and strength of its own military, while Britain and France have promised to do the same in the coming years. These actions add up to a stronger but also a more heavily militarized Europe, which is now engaging in widespread rearmament for the first time since the years just before the Second World War.

How it Affects You

The Trump Administration has encouraged Europe to expand its military capability to reduce the burden on the United States, and efforts to increase Europe’s military strength are now well underway. Twice in the last hundred years, a militarized Europe has triggered world war, and with Russia still fighting next door to Europe in Ukraine, it could happen a third time. 

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