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

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126 points petermcneeley | 1 comments | 06 Dec 25 19:19 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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jiwidi ◴[07 Dec 25 10:38 UTC] No.46180741[source]▶
suddenly when war comes is only mandatory for man
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fkdk ◴[07 Dec 25 15:16 UTC] No.46182275[source]▶
Including women would have been a legal nonstarter.

The german constitution restricts drafting to men[0] and would have to be changed before such a law could even be considered.

Before you ask, yes, the constitution also says that men and women need to be treated equally[1]

[0] https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gg/art_12a.html

[1] https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gg/art_3.html

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1. belorn ◴[08 Dec 25 00:13 UTC] No.46186835[source]▶
The way to solve that is to introduce a different form of service to the state along side with military service so that the choice in practice become the same.

Is there anything in the constitution that forbids the government from requiring citizens to perform some kind of service to the government?