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John Ulrik@aral If you asked German men of that age, I’d be surprised if even one in tens of thousands knew this.
Reiner Jung 🇬🇱 🇺🇦 🇪🇺@ujay68 @aral the law was enacted in January, but the media only started to report it a couple of days ago. No one has read the new law. I doubt that in parliament many have read it. Some claim that it is in violation of EU law, but I am not really sure.
What we need is a man between 17 and 45 who wants to leave the country for more than 3 months, for example a student.
Infoseepage@Infoseepage @prefec2 @aral PS. AFAICT, the regulation says the travel requests have to be granted with no scrutiny applied. So it seems more like a mandatory register of people abroad than a restriction, but still …
@ujay68 @prefec2 @aral But that's not the way it is written, right? It's written as "To travel, you must get approval and do X." If it was written as "All men who are German nationals between such and such an age must get a physical and register their current address," that would seem to be less legally objectionable.
@Infoseepage Here’s the text of the law, for reference:
https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/wehrpflg/__3.html
For what it’s worth and according to press reports, the relevant ministry says: “As military service under current law is based exclusively on voluntary participation, the relevant authorisations must, in principle, be granted.”