# Germany’s conservatives who are set to lead the next government says that the country should quickly reintroduce compulsory military service. Head of the CDU/CSU bloc that won last month’s elections, Friedrich Merz, has argued that in the era of US president Donald Trump, Europe will have to better handle its own security. The defence policy spokesman of his centre-right alliance, Florian Hahn, says Germany’s suspension of conscription no longer fits the current threat situation. He says they cannot stand by and watch as the world around them becomes more unsafe.
Germany wants to reintroduce conscription as Europe becomes more unsafe