If Germans won’t fight for Germany, who will?

Germany’s craps on about gender ideology, but only young men will be required to serve.

There are three things that really annoy me about the situation in Germany. First, the necessary apologies for the atrocities of the second world war have morphed into a kind of stupor where any talk of defence is somehow connected with there being ‘a different way’ to deal with dictators like Vladimir Putin and Xi Jingping. Of all people, Germans should know that an appeaser is easy pickings.

Writing in the Unfiltered newsletter, Alexandra Marshall had this to say:

Michael de Percy is still in Germany where the government has resurrected national service and conscription. At the moment, it is still a voluntary system for fighting-age males, but it was made clear that this could easily turn into something more compulsory if the situation deteriorates with Russia. Germany’s men have come out onto the streets to protest this move, rejecting not only conscription but the entire concept of war itself. This leads Michael to ask if they have been completely brainwashed by Woke...

In the Morning Double Shot newsletter, Terry Barnes wrote:

Michael de Percy is in Germany, but he never stops filing. Today, he observes how Germans have turned their backs on their history – the good as well as the bad – have gone utterly woke, and have become appeasers (of Putin) rather than the warriors of Europe. In short, they’re an effete and decadent lot, and will be fed to the wolves should Putin’s Russia turn on Nato. No wonder Donald Trump has had enough of the Europeans! Let’s take a leaf from Noel Coward’s book, and be beastly to the Germans.

My latest in The Spectator Australia, If Germans won’t fight for Germany, who will?

Young German men are protesting against conscription as the threat of war in Europe stirs.

"I couldn’t be sure whether the broadcaster had hand-picked interviewees or whether young German men have been completely brain-washed by Woke ideology."

If Germany and indeed the world… pic.twitter.com/WoctAwvLAP

— The Spectator Australia (@SpectatorOz) December 10, 2025