Conscription was suspended (in 2011, iirc). https://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/von-optimierungen-bis-hin-zur-wehrpflicht-fur-alle-diese-drei-wehrdienst-modell

Conscription was suspended (in 2011, iirc). https://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/von-optimierungen-bis-hin-zur-wehrpflicht-fur-alle-diese-drei-wehrdienst-modelle-liegen-pistorius-zur-entscheidung-vor-11644154.html https://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/von-optimierungen-bis-hi... ^According to that article, they want to consider extending conscription to other essential services, like fire departments.