Overview

• The AfD parliamentary group approved the motion without dissent at a meeting in Berlin, according to the party and dpa.
• The filing seeks to undo the 2011 peacetime suspension of the draft and restore the pre-suspension legal framework.
• The text argues voluntary recruitment has not covered the Bundeswehr’s personnel needs and warns rapid expansion in a crisis is not assured.
• The proposal limits conscript service to territorial defense, preserves the right to refuse military service on conscience grounds, and calls for building alternative service structures.
• Submitting the motion initiates Bundestag deliberations but does not change current law.