Wow, such democracy. Much freedom of movement.

#germany #eu

@aral If you asked German men of that age, I’d be surprised if even one in tens of thousands knew this.

@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.

@prefec2 @ujay68 @aral This seems very contrary to the spirit of EU law, which allows people of any member the nation to move to any other, study there, work there, etc. This is fundamentally restraint on the free movement of people as well as being discriminatory based on sex and age.
@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 @prefec2 @aral The federal administration and the secretary of defence have now made clear that no application/approval will be necessary in times of peace. https://social.bund.de/@Bundesregierung/116369486224365124
Bundesregierung (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image Das Verteidigungsministerium wird eine Ausnahme von der Genehmigungspflicht noch diese Woche zulassen. Das Wehrpflichtmodernisierungsgesetz sieht dies ausdrücklich vor. Aktuell gilt also für alle: Es braucht keine Genehmigung für Auslandsaufenthalte! Das könnte sich ändern, wenn sich die Sicherheitslage verschärfen und der Wehrdienst verpflichtend werden sollte. Für diesen Fall hat das Verteidigungsministerium mit dem Gesetz vorgesorgt.

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@aral @ujay68 @Infoseepage they can revoke this at any time.
@prefec2 @ujay68 @Infoseepage *sigh* should’ve known