Number of refusals has roughly doubled since new German “Military Service Modernisation Act”

Under the Military Service Act, the government in Germany classifies data on refusals as confidential on grounds of national interest . It became known nonetheless. The question was posed my a parlamentarian interpellation. Around 3,000 people applied for conscientious objector (CO) status in 2024; in 2025 there were approximately 7,700 applications, of which around 2,000 were [ ] Der Beitrag…