{"id":388917,"date":"2026-10-17T19:00:26","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T18:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/merz-backs-mandatory-military-service-if-volunteers-fall-short-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T19:00:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T18:00:26","slug":"merz-backs-mandatory-military-service-if-volunteers-fall-short-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/merz-backs-mandatory-military-service-if-volunteers-fall-short-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Merz backs mandatory military service if volunteers fall short | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/Wysayl96_-M\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Merz backs mandatory military service if volunteers fall short | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Wysayl96_-M\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>At a convention by the youth wing of his Christian Democratic Party, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz reiterated that he considers the reinstatement of mandatory military service necessary if not enough volunteers sign up for the army.<\/p>\n<p>#germany #friedrichmerz #militaryservice #dwgermanpolitics<\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baReddit: https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/DWNews\/<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At a convention by the youth wing of his Christian Democratic Party, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz reiterated that he considers the reinstatement of mandatory military service necessary if not enough volunteers sign up for the army. #germany #friedrichmerz #militaryservice #dwgermanpolitics For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/ Follow DW on social media: \u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews \u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":388918,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130889],"tags":[],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-388917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dw-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Merz backs mandatory military service if volunteers fall short | DW News | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Merz backs mandatory military service if volunteers fall short | DW News for free, here on News ISC. 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