Reading Time: 2 minutesGermany may return to conscription if too few people volunteer for the military, Defense Minister Boris Pistorius warned Wednesday. Speaking in his first parliamentary address since the new government took office, Pistorius said a new voluntary military recruitment program will begin this year to rebuild Germany’s under-strength army. “We have agreed that we will initially rely on voluntarism — a service that is initially voluntary and intended to encourage young people to serve their country,” Pistorius said. “And I say this quite deliberately and honestly: the emphasis is also on ‘initially,’ in case we cannot recruit enough volunteers.”Germany suspended compulsory military service in 2011. Pistorius stressed Germany would lead alongside France, the U.K., and Poland, adding: “Security in Europe is, first and foremost, the responsibility of Europeans themselves.”Via Politico