Manfred Weber is afraid of Viktor Orban. The German politician has not forgotten that Viktor Orban blocked Manfred Weber's career in Brussels in 2019. Partly due to this and the Hungarian Prime Minister's anti-war stance, he has launched yet another attack. The EPP chief may fear that Hungary's prime minister will once again stand in the way of his advancement in Brussels. It is worth recalling that in 2019, the German politician made headlines for a financial chicanery: renting his own house as an office on money from Brussels.

"Viktor Orban is deliberately spreading fake news to discredit his political opponents" Weber explained in an interview with Spiegel.
In an interview with the German newspaper, Weber said that neither he nor any other politician in Brussels was pushing for compulsory EU-wide conscription. The politician claims this despite the fact that he previously came up with the crazy idea of bringing back compulsory military service in all EU member states. The issue of conscription has become a common topic of discussion in Germany in recent weeks.
As the international V4NA news agency reported, the party alliance of the Christian Democratic Union and the Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) has voted to put mandatory military service back on its agenda during their party congress, promising to reintroduce it once it retakes power in Berlin.
In a number of articles, Magyar Nemzet has presented evidence that the reinstatement of mandatory conscription has been a long-cherished plan in Germany. War psychosis is contagious. In Germany, Boris Pistorius has repeatedly argued for the reinstatement of military service, which was suspended in 2011. On May 27, the defense minister presented his plans to his party's board. However, contrary to initial reports, what he outlined is probably not based solely on voluntary service, the Kreiszeitung wrote.
Boris Pistorius made it clear: without compulsory service, it will not work.
The defense minister told the Zeit Online that in the medium term, a regulation should allow young people to be drafted against their will.
What the Germans implement will later appear at EU level,
Zoltan Kiszelly, head of political analysis at Szazadveg Foundation, pointed out recently. The German practice will sooner or later become European practice, and this is what makes this German initiative dangerous, the expert stressed.
As Magyar Nemzet reported in an earlier piece, the proposal, known as the Weber-plan, was first put forth in 2017 by the Junge Union, which proposed to introduce military service for women and men across Europe.
The document published by the Junge Union, the youth organization of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU), says
the increase in international conflicts calls for the creation of a strong European Defense Union to guarantee peace and security in Europe, together with and within the framework of NATO. Such an institution would bring together military competences in a single European security and defense system and further encourage exchanges between national armies.
