Bundeswehr: CDU-Politiker fordert Pflicht zu Wehrübungen für Reservisten:
CDU-Politiker Thomas Röwekamp verlangt, dass Reservisten künftig verbindlich an ...
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Mandatory Training for Reservists ProposedThe CDU seeks compulsory exercises to ensure reliable readiness as the military expands to 200,000 reservists by 2035.
- Thomas Röwekamp calls for ending the dual voluntary system for reservists' participation in military drills.
- Currently, both reservists and their employers must agree, complicating operational planning.
- Improved job protection measures are demanded to prevent disadvantages for reservists under the new rules.
- The Bundeswehr aims to increase active troops to 260,000 and reservists to 200,000 by 2035.
The double voluntary principle leads to us not being able to plan securely in the decisive moment. Our reserve must be quickly available and ready for deployment in an emergency, and that requires clear obligations.— Thomas Röwekamp, CDU politician and chair of the Defence Committee in the Bundestag, told Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland (RND).
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