At the Hague block summit last week, associate States agreed to increase defence spending.In May, the European Union approved a debt plan of EUR 150 billion (171 billion) to support its own expansion of the armed forces.The Kremlin consistently rejected accusations of hostile intentions towards Western countries as ‘bullshit’ And spreading fear.The recently adopted Danish government requires ‘full equality between men and women with respect to military service’.
It requires that ‘Women who turn 18 on 1 July 2025 or later had to... draw the lottery number [collection] and may so be required to service in the military if there are not adequate volunteers”.
The conscripts will service on the same conditions as men.The Act besides extends the compulsory service period from 4 to eleven months, according to media reports.Danish armed forces trust on both volunteers and conscripts who are called erstwhile the number of volunteers falls.
About 4,700 Danes completed military service in 2024, with women accounting for about 24% of this figure.Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen revealed plans to recruit women in March, presenting the decision as part of the action for "full sex equality".Latvia, another NATO member, plans to recruit women by 2028.
It reintroduced compulsory service in 2023 after its abolition in 2006. Norway and Sweden have already implemented gender-neutral consumption in 2015 and 2018.The German defence minister Boris Pistorius besides proposed to reconstruct the collection for men, abolished in 2011.
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source:https://www.rt.com/news/620857-denmark-to-conscript-women/
