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Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)Seven years after Germany has abandoned mandatory demands on its residents to join the army, the general inspector of this state's army, Eberhard Zorn, has said it is considering the employment opportunity of European citizens in expert positions. Zorn has said that German forces “should look into it [...]
Zorn has said that German forces “should look at all directions at the time when there is a lack of qualified personnel”, citing doctors and IT specialists.
Germany's Armed Forces have been facing a lack of investment for years.
That's why this country aims to raise military personnel to an additional 21.000 by 2025.
In addition, authorities have promised increased the budget for protection from 1.2 per cent to 1.5 per cent gross domestic production (GDP) to 2024.
German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen has said in an interview Thursday that the German Army has increased 6,500 troops for two years, until the next seven years the German Army is expected to have 203,000 troops.
She has said that 12 percent of military personnel are now made up of women and that only this year, one of the three people who have been aiming at military positions has been a woman.
General Zorn, meanwhile, has told the newspaper Funke that the army must work harder to ensure a new generation of”, though the citizens of the European Union can only be part of the army in separate positions.
According to laws following World War II, members of Germany's army must be Germans.
Parliamentary Commissioner for Armed Forces Hans-Peter Bartels has said recruiting EU citizens “is almost normal” because many soldiers have only two citizenship or immigration stories.
According to the newspaper Funke, more than 900 citizens have already been employed by the military in civilian positions. /Rel/
