Germany’s Considerations, to allow EU citizens in the armed forces, are not unique. Many countries, including Russia, France and the United States, the promise of the foreign candidates, even the citizenship.
The message that EU-citizens in the armed forces allow, triggered mainly Worried about the condition of the German army and the situation on skilled labour market – not necessarily to be wrong. As if the inspector General of the Bundeswehr, Eberhard Zorn, it wanted to dispel concerns, he explained that it specialists in the Considerations only to Doctors and IT and non – active soldiers.
No foreigners in the active force, says the inspector General’s wrath.
As the highest ranking soldier of the Bundeswehr anger do not know that these ideas are new. Federal defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen, in her white had held the book to the army in 2017, the idea that you could enlarge the Pool from which new soldiers are recruited.
In other countries, it is already common practice that even foreigners to serve in the army. Here are some examples:
The EU
Some of the smaller EU States recruit their soldiers from the continent. EU citizens aged 18 to 34 years of age may since 2004, in the armed forces of Belgium occur. Even the army in Denmark accepted foreign recruits, unless you already live in Denmark and speak the language. Luxembourg also allows EU citizens access to his army if you are already three years in the country and are between 18 and 24 years old.
In Ireland, citizens from the European economic area – EU plus Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway – are part of the armed forces. Other international applicants will need to be taken if you are already living for three years in Ireland.
UK
The Kingdom has traditionally recruited its soldiers from the former colonies of the Empires. Since the first half of the 20th century. Century, the army became an organization of 53 Nations belonging to the Commonwealth. About 2.3 billion people currently belong to this group, including Australia, India, Canada, Kenya and the Fiji Islands.
Due to the lack of staff – as in Germany – has eased the British military its rules for the recruitment Recently. As the Ministry of defence announced in November, the citizens of the Commonwealth area of life five years in the UK before they are allowed to join the army. Other national be features, however, not taken into account: EU citizens are not allowed to apply.
France
The French foreign Legion is unique in that it is the oldest active army that consists exclusively of foreigners. It was founded in 1831. Your soldiers are still run by French officers. The Legionnaires can apply for after three years of French nationality.
Soldier of the foreign Legion in 1831, it is open to foreign recruits
Spain
Spain recruited since 2002, citizens from its Ex-colonies, a measure that refer to critics as imperialist. However, Madrid, Morocco has explicitly excluded, although the Northern part of the country was a Spanish colony. Initially, the ratio of the foreign army members was capped at 2 per cent, and later the number was increased to 9 percent.
Russia
Russia has loosened its rules for the recruitment of foreign soldiers in 2010. This was seen as an attempt to attract ethnic Russians from the former Soviet States back to Russia. Moscow has also made the army a fast Lane on the road to citizenship:-Russians, in command of the Russian language, can have a Five-year contract in the military sign, and must then apply for after three years of the nationality.
USA
The U.S. does not allow citizens with a permanent residence permit, and Green Card owners to upgrade to the joining the army, however, you can in higher ranks. Here, too, the service is on the fast road to U.S. citizenship. In 2002, President George W. Bush had ordered by decree, this will accelerate the procedure for non-American soldiers to citizenship. Meanwhile, about 8,000 foreigners occur annually in the US army, most of them from Mexico, and the Philippines. For citizens of Micronesia and Palau, there are special rules.