Germany lacks almost half of the required number of soldiers, while in Czechia, they do it cheaply, but four times as many would be needed to fill the gap

Germany lacks 80,000 soldiers. Czechia is missing 37,500. When will we understand that we are in danger?

The Russian war in Ukraine is changing the approach of European countries to defense and their armed forces. German political parties have agreed on how to change military service. The German army is short 80,000 soldiers. Therefore, Germany will introduce mandatory conscription and legally determine how many new recruits are needed. If they fail to recruit enough, members of the Bundestag will have the option to vote for so-called ‘mandatory military service due to necessity..

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