Germany calls up all men aged 18 for military medical exam

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'Germany will call up all 18-year-old men for a military medical examination and create a mechanism for “emergency conscription” after the ruling coalition ended months of squabbling over the future of national service.

The country will not return to full mandatory conscription, which was suspended in 2011, but plans to expand its reserves by training up to 5,000 young men each year.

The German armed forces, known as the Bundeswehr, need to recruit another 80,000 professional soldiers to hit their Nato target strength of 260,000.
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The model for the partial revival of national service remains the Swedish system, under which only the hardiest and most motivated members of each cohort are called up.

They will serve between seven and 23 months, depending on the level of their commitment. Young women will also be able to sign up, but on a purely voluntary basis.'