Incidentally, Vincent-Immanuel Herr and Martin Speer pay a visit to the European Parliament from time to time. For example, they spoke to EU trainees in March 2023 at the invitation of the European Commission's director general for education, youth, sports and culture.
Herr & Speer's proposal resonates with the plan outlined by the German Junge Union, which would even transfer the powers of the member states to Brussels to introduce a mandatory European conscription.
The Junge Union's proposal to introduce military service for women and men across Europe was first published in 2017. As reported by the Neue Osnabrucker Zeitung (NOZ) at the time,
the document explicitly proposes that "all young people should do military or civilian service in a European country for a minimum of nine months and a maximum of 24 months. A commitment to a European Defense Union involves transferring national competences to the European level,
read the draft proposal by the Junge Union's board.
NOZ also quoted Paul Ziemiak, the federal president of the youth organization, which had about 110,000 members at the time. According to him, such a general Europe-wide mandatory military service "could be an important step in this direction".
Ursula von der Leyen also attended the 2017 meeting, the Bundeswehr Journal reported.
Cover photo: A young man is examined by a medical committee in Poland. Mandatory medical examinations determine whether young men and women are fit to serve in the Polish army (Photo: NurPhoto/AFP/Dominika Zarzycka)
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