Wednesday media review; Bundeswehr is not attractive to Germans; To your freedom and ours

Paweł Kryszczak: Polish paper all day: ‘Bundeswehra faces the problem of recruiting’. ‘Bundeswehra, having about 182 1000 soldiers today, needs 80 1000 more to scope the level of 260 1000 considered by NATO to be minimal for effective defence. The government introduces a short volunteer service, but Chancellor Friedrich Merz predicts that a return of the draft will be essential in the future. Minister of Defence Boris Pistorius, however, ensures that the voluntary notification strategy is adequate to fill vacancies."