Protests against compulsory military service took place in Germany

Two mass actions took place in Germany on the same day: a demonstration against sending weapons to Ukraine and a protest by schoolchildren against compulsory military service. Footage from the December 5 demonstrations is published by Izvestia.

"The second protest of German schoolchildren against compulsory military service is taking place in Berlin. About 2,000 people registered for the demonstration, but more came," Izvestia correspondent Margarita Kostiv reports.

Footage from the scene shows hundreds of participants holding placards: "No heart for Merz," "No military service," and "Protect life instead of preparing for war."

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The German Chancellor plans to return the introduction of universal military service, although it is not provided for by the coalition agreement.

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, amid discussions in Germany about a new law on military service, said on November 12 that everyone should serve in the army. German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, in turn, recalled the Germans' promise not to wage war.

On December 3, schoolchildren in the German state of Bavaria announced their intention to hold a mass protest on December 5, the day the Bundestag considered the draft law on the modernization of military service in Germany. The action was planned to be held in Munich, Nuremberg, Augsburg and other cities of Bavaria, including Landshut, Rosenheim, Eichstatt and Kempten.

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