Germany votes to bring in voluntary military service programme for 18-year-olds

The article is using "voluntary" in a very questionable fashion.

> Germany's parliament, the Bundestag, has voted to introduce voluntary military service...

> The form will be mandatory for men and voluntary for women.

> The government says military service will be voluntary for as long as possible, but from July 2027, all 18-year-old men will have to take a medical exam to assess their fitness for possible military service.

> a form of compulsory military service could be considered by the Bundestag.

Well, that escalated quickly. There's nothing here that could be really described as "voluntary".

>mandatory for men and voluntary for women.

this is what "patriarchy" actually looks like but you sure won't see anybody on the left complain about that....

Plenty of people are complaining, and we currently have a right-wing government. Your username is quite apt.