compulsory military service

Some members of Pistorius's Social Democrat party, the junior partner in the coalition, have criticised the plans, saying the Bundeswehr should be made a more attractive employer, rather than re-introducing compulsory military service.

Compulsory military service in Germany was ended in 2011 under then-Chancellor Angela Merkel.

And although most research has shown that the negative effect of South Korea’s male-only compulsory military service — which lasts up to 21 months — on wages and employment is minimal, anxieties about getting a later start than women in a hypercompetitive job market have also contributed to young South Korean men feeling that they are getting a raw deal.

It has emerged that the shooter was rejected from the country's compulsory military service in July 2021.

Musk, by contrast, left South Africa at age 17 in part to avoid compulsory military service.