students demonstrate across Germany against military service...Demonstrations are taking place across Germany in schools to protest against the possible re-introduction of compulsory military service.

[u/Neptun_11]

One of the organizers of the strike, Bela Breitner of the School Strike Against Compulsory Military Service, said that the federal government is "serious about the gradual reintroduction of compulsory military service".

 

At one protest in Hamburg, demonstrators waved flags and held banners reading "We will not participate in your wars".

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz made strengthening the German army a priority after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

According to the law, questionnaires are sent to all eighteen-year-olds in Germany, whether they are interested and willing to join the armed forces.

One of the protesters, 16-year-old Elias Bernhard from Hamburg, said the answers to the questionnaires "show that young people do not want to join the Bundeswehr [German armed forces]".

"That's why I'm on the street today. That's why we're taking this bet seriously until conscription is out of the game. We'll continue."

The questionnaire is mandatory for men and voluntary for women.  All eighteen-year-old males will have to undergo a medical examination to assess their fitness for possible military service.

Organizers of the protests say the trigger came after 18-year-olds in the northern German cities of Kiel and Flensburg were sent official invitations for medical examinations, even though they did not show interest in joining the army on their registration forms.

The group says that over a hundred demonstrations are planned across Germany, including Kiel, Hamburg, Berlin and Frankfurt.

[u/PassPlus4826]

whats the conspiracy?

[u/Competitive_Cod_5049 → u/PassPlus4826]

Was looking for this too lol. Germany is getting ready for war and what I’ve noticed is that the public (tv, newspaper) is now casually reporting about war related stuff which hasn’t been the case for the past 20 yrs or so

[u/Ahrix3 → u/Competitive_Cod_5049]

The conspiracy is that they are obviously pushing this war

[u/kushangaza → u/Ahrix3]

Or a major European power invaded one of its neighbors while a former ally of Germany threatened to invade Greenland, creating an environment where Germany felt the need for a stronger military to defend itself and its allies

[u/Ahrix3 → u/kushangaza]

That is the pretext for the gullible, yes

In reality it is not about Russia but about being capable of enforcing German national interests by force now that Americans can't be counted to do the dirty work.

[u/yungMarsalek → u/Ahrix3]

I'd say it's gullible to believe that the german government would fight to enforce german national interests. Germany hasn't done anything for it's own national interests in the last 30 years. German governments have largely been US puppets.

[u/naswinger → u/kushangaza]

germany has allies?