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Conscription comeback: What's in the deal that affects Germany’s 18-year-olds

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November 14, 2025

It’s a deal: Germany’s coalition has agreed to restart military conscription from January 2026. DW's Berlin Briefing hosts Michaela Küfner and Nina Haase speak to Marcel Bohnert, deputy head of the Bundeswehr Association and Quentin Gärtner from Germany’s school pupils' association about the new model, that will make it compulsory for 18-year-old men to undergo an armed forces physical test. 

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