Berlin, Oct 18, 2025 (AFP) - Idea of German 'draft lottery' sparks govt row

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Germany is seeking to boost military recruitment to deter a hostile Russia, but a proposed "draft lottery" has sparked a row in the ruling coalition and unsettled many young people. The flashpoint issue of bringing back any form of military conscription has rattled the government of Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservative CDU/CSU bloc and the centre-left Social Democrats of Defence Minister Boris Pistorius. Merz -- citing dangerous tensions bet......

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