Denmark will introduce the new necessary military service for women beginning January 1 2027in accordance to a parallel settlement reached by a number of events that permits the protection pact to be saved for the following decade and keep away from the opposition of two political forces.
The Danish centrist authorities – headed by the Social Democrats – had introduced on the finish of March a plan to change the mannequin of conscription that included compulsory feminine military service and was supposed to come into pressure as quickly as potential.
But the Liberal Alliance and the xenophobic Denmark Democrats – two of the seven signatory events of the protection pact and opposed to that measure – threatened to train their proper to veto, forcing negotiate a parallel settlement with the remainder.
According to the settlement reached final evening, the brand new military service will probably be launched after the following elections legislative (scheduled for autumn 2026), Its period will probably be prolonged from 4 to 11 months and the variety of recruits per yr, from about 4,700 to up to 7,500.
“Possibility of a nationwide mobilization”
“The recruits will play a central function in order that the Army can perform its duties and can reinforce the chance of a nationwide mobilization within the present demanding safety scenario,” stated Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen, in statements reported this Wednesday by public tv DR.
Poulsen had threatened weeks in the past to expel the 2 events that opposed compulsory military service for women from the protection pact if they didn’t change their place.
The settlement, which will probably be endowed with 95 billion Danish crowns (12,737 million euros), additionally contains the creation of a brigade of up to 6,000 troopers and the acquisition of air protection techniques.
Denmark’s goal is to allocate 2% of gross home product (GDP) to protection in 2025, thus complying with the minimal agreed by NATO.