Germany brings in new rules on fighting-age men leaving country

2,979 Views | 22 Replies | Last: 1 mo ago by infinity ag
infinity ag
User Profile Ignore User Stop Ignoring
How long do you want to ignore this user?
24 hours One week Permanently Cancel
5:18p, 4/9/26
Looks like Germany is preparing for a military draft (to reduce dependence on the US). And yes, men only.

I wonder why the women are silent, they want equality in everything, why don't they want to go fight a war just as they want "a seat in the board room"? Now they claim it is "voluntary". But that is not the point. Why are men impacted but not women? I am sure they don't want to be deprived the honor of dying for their country. Don't be surprised if they bring in some DEI quotas to hire women in military positions that are not on the front-lines with better benefits and perks.

That said, why are our American 20-something kids in selective service but not Rajesh who is here on an H1B and is 25? He can absolutely go fight for America.


Germany works to clarify new rules on fighting-age men leaving country
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/germany-works-clarify-new-rules-fighting-age-men-leaving-country-2026-04-06/
April 6, 202612:41 AM CDTUpdated April 6, 2026

Quote:
  • New law requires men 17-45 to seek approval for stays abroad over three months
  • Defence ministry drafting exemption rules, stresses military service remains voluntary
  • Opposition politicians criticise law for creating confusion

    • Quote:
    FRANKFURT, April 5 (Reuters) - Germany's armed forces are working on clarifying a provision in a recently updated military service law that requires fighting-age men to gain permission to leave the country for more than three months, the defence ministry said.

    The law went into effect in January, but the requirement - which theoretically affects millions of men between the ages of 17 and 45 in the European Union's most populous country - had gone mostly unnoticed until a local newspaper report, opens new tab highlighted it on Friday.


    Quote:
    A defence ministry spokesperson stressed that military service in Germany is voluntary, adding that the ministry was "currently drafting specific regulations for granting exemptions from the requirement for approval, also to avoid unnecessary bureaucracy".


    Related
    Reply Quote
    11
    1 edit
    BonfireNerd04
    User Profile Ignore User Stop Ignoring
    How long do you want to ignore this user?
    24 hours One week Permanently Cancel
    5:20p, 4/9/26
    What's stopping a man from dodging the draft by saying he identifies as female?
    Reply Quote
    28
    Slicer97
    User Profile Ignore User Stop Ignoring
    How long do you want to ignore this user?
    24 hours One week Permanently Cancel
    In reply to BonfireNerd04 • 5:43p, 4/9/26
    AG
    BonfireNerd04 said:
    What's stopping a man from dodging the draft by saying he identifies as female?


    Sanity and pride?
    Reply Quote
    23
    The Ex Officio Director
    User Profile
    Private Message
    Ignore User Stop Ignoring
    How long do you want to ignore this user?
    24 hours One week Permanently Cancel
    In reply to BonfireNerd04 • 5:46p, 4/9/26
    BonfireNerd04 said:
    What's stopping a man from dodging the draft by saying he identifies as female?

    I self identify as a bunny. Works for wanting mental health days off.
    Can't decide if I want to be cute & cuddly, or go blow some sh*t up.
    Decisions decisions.
    Reply Quote
    7
    aggiehawg
    User Profile Ignore User Stop Ignoring
    How long do you want to ignore this user?
    24 hours One week Permanently Cancel
    5:49p, 4/9/26
    AG
    Wait! Does the EU know Germany has borders now? Can't get out but anyone can get in?

    That's stupid.. Germans can't jump on a train and be in another country in a few hours and fly out of there?
    Reply Quote
    6
    samurai_science
    User Profile Ignore User Stop Ignoring
    How long do you want to ignore this user?
    24 hours One week Permanently Cancel
    In reply to Slicer97 • 5:51p, 4/9/26
    Slicer97 said:
    BonfireNerd04 said:
    What's stopping a man from dodging the draft by saying he identifies as female?


    Sanity and pride?

    Native germans dying for that country is not sanity.
    Reply Quote
    7
    aggiehawg
    User Profile Ignore User Stop Ignoring
    How long do you want to ignore this user?
    24 hours One week Permanently Cancel
    In reply to The Ex Officio Director • 5:58p, 4/9/26
    AG
    The Ex Officio Director said:
    BonfireNerd04 said:
    What's stopping a man from dodging the draft by saying he identifies as female?

    I self identify as a bunny. Works for wanting mental health days off.

    A furry?
    Reply Quote
    3
    FCBlitz
    User Profile Ignore User Stop Ignoring
    How long do you want to ignore this user?
    24 hours One week Permanently Cancel
    6:01p, 4/9/26
    Even Denmark have border laws and enforcement's.

    Only the left allows themselves to be gaslit that open borders is a good thing.
    Reply Quote
    3
    Logos Stick
    User Profile Ignore User Stop Ignoring
    How long do you want to ignore this user?
    24 hours One week Permanently Cancel
    6:03p, 4/9/26
    I'm sure all the immigrants they let in are excluded.
    Reply Quote
    6
    annie88
    User Profile
    Private Message
    Ignore User Stop Ignoring
    How long do you want to ignore this user?
    24 hours One week Permanently Cancel
    In reply to The Ex Officio Director • 6:04p, 4/9/26
    AG
    The Ex Officio Director said:
    BonfireNerd04 said:
    What's stopping a man from dodging the draft by saying he identifies as female?

    I self identify as a bunny. Works for wanting mental health days off.


    A white or brown bunny
    I don’t get enough credit for the things I manage not to say.
    Reply Quote
    1
    Ol_Ag_02
    User Profile Ignore User Stop Ignoring
    How long do you want to ignore this user?
    24 hours One week Permanently Cancel
    In reply to The Ex Officio Director • 6:28p, 4/9/26
    AG
    The Ex Officio Director said:
    BonfireNerd04 said:
    What's stopping a man from dodging the draft by saying he identifies as female?

    I self identify as a bunny. Works for wanting mental health days off.


    I prefer identifying as a sloth when it comes to working.
    Reply Quote
    5
    aggiehawg
    User Profile Ignore User Stop Ignoring
    How long do you want to ignore this user?
    24 hours One week Permanently Cancel
    In reply to Ol_Ag_02 • 6:30p, 4/9/26
    AG
    Ol_Ag_02 said:
    The Ex Officio Director said:
    BonfireNerd04 said:
    What's stopping a man from dodging the draft by saying he identifies as female?

    I self identify as a bunny. Works for wanting mental health days off.


    I prefer identifying as a sloth when it comes to working.

    I get it but that whole sleeping upside down doesn't make the blood rush to your head?
    Reply Quote
    3
    The Ex Officio Director
    User Profile
    Private Message
    Ignore User Stop Ignoring
    How long do you want to ignore this user?
    24 hours One week Permanently Cancel
    In reply to annie88 • 6:38p, 4/9/26
    annie88 said:
    The Ex Officio Director said:
    BonfireNerd04 said:
    What's stopping a man from dodging the draft by saying he identifies as female?

    I self identify as a bunny. Works for wanting mental health days off.


    A white or brown bunny

    Multi color.

    Can't decide if I want to be cute & cuddly, or go blow some sh*t up.
    Decisions decisions.
    Reply Quote
    2
    kb2001
    User Profile Ignore User Stop Ignoring
    How long do you want to ignore this user?
    24 hours One week Permanently Cancel
    6:41p, 4/9/26
    AG
    Germany prepping to institute the draft? This hasn't worked out well for anybody in the past
    Reply Quote
    1
    waitwhat?
    User Profile
    Private Message
    Ignore User Stop Ignoring
    How long do you want to ignore this user?
    24 hours One week Permanently Cancel
    6:44p, 4/9/26
    The only way to enforce this is for the government to track every German male's location.

    They really just can't help but be authoritarian.
    " 'People that read with pictures think that it's simply about a mask' - Dana Loesch" - Ban Cow Gas

    "Truth is treason in the empire of lies." - Dr. Ron Paul

    Big Tech IS the empire of lies

    TEXIT
    Reply Quote
    2
    Cru
    User Profile Ignore User Stop Ignoring
    How long do you want to ignore this user?
    24 hours One week Permanently Cancel
    7:27p, 4/9/26
    S
    All the male immigrants be like yo womenz is ours now.
    Reply Quote
    4
    lb3
    User Profile
    Private Message
    Ignore User Stop Ignoring
    How long do you want to ignore this user?
    24 hours One week Permanently Cancel
    In reply to Logos Stick • 8:35p, 4/9/26
    AG
    Logos Stick said:
    I'm sure all the immigrants they let in are excluded.
    Actually that's one of the reasons Germany doesn't want a large standing Army. They're afraid it would become a majority Muslim force.
    Reply Quote
    Iraq2xVeteran
    User Profile Ignore User Stop Ignoring
    How long do you want to ignore this user?
    24 hours One week Permanently Cancel
    9:05p, 4/9/26
    AG
    Good nations enforce immigration law. We can't just let everyone who claims they are trying to claim asylum or escape their horrid conditions in their home countries. Yet, liberals believe that open borders results in a net benefit to society.
    Reply Quote
    2
    Buck Turgidson
    User Profile Ignore User Stop Ignoring
    How long do you want to ignore this user?
    24 hours One week Permanently Cancel
    In reply to Logos Stick • 9:23p, 4/9/26
    Logos Stick said:
    I'm sure all the immigrants they let in are excluded.

    I saw that. They have some fantasy that 80% of the Syrians they let in will be gone in short order. We all know perfectly well that won't happen. Line the muslims up and human-wave them at Russian lines. Right across the minefields so the following assault by Germans has a clear path.
    Reply Quote
    3
    GE
    User Profile
    Private Message
    Ignore User Stop Ignoring
    How long do you want to ignore this user?
    24 hours One week Permanently Cancel
    9:56p, 4/9/26
    AG
    Maybe start by banning fighting-age men from ENTERING the country
    Reply Quote
    7
    ts5641
    User Profile Ignore User Stop Ignoring
    How long do you want to ignore this user?
    24 hours One week Permanently Cancel
    In reply to infinity ag • 5:53a, 4/10/26
    Wow so government approval to leave the country for extended periods for those men? Clown world my friends.
    Reply Quote
    Thunder18
    User Profile
    Private Message
    Ignore User Stop Ignoring
    How long do you want to ignore this user?
    24 hours One week Permanently Cancel
    In reply to GE • 6:24a, 4/10/26
    AG
    GE said:
    Maybe start by banning fighting-age men from ENTERING the country


    Feels like a lot of Europe's current issues could've been avoided if they'd done this from the start
    Reply Quote
    infinity ag
    User Profile Ignore User Stop Ignoring
    How long do you want to ignore this user?
    24 hours One week Permanently Cancel
    7:52a, 4/10/26
    When will the West learn to guard its own home??

    All kinds of weirdos, druggies and homeless do not need to be allowed into the home. It's okay, one doesn't become a bad person.
    Reply Quote
    1 edit
    Refresh
    Page 1 of 1
     
    ×
    subscribe Verify your student status
    See Subscription Benefits
    Trial only available to users who have never subscribed or participated in a previous trial.