Germany considers special visas to recruit foreigners into its military

The scheme will give foreigners the opportunity to become German citizens.

PEOPLES GAZETTE

Germany is considering a bill that will allow foreign citizens comprising those from countries not members of the European Union, to be recruited into its army.

Disclosing this to DW, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, a member of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and the head of the German parliament’s defence committee, revealed that the scheme will give the foreign beneficiaries the opportunity to become German citizens.

According to the German lawmaker, the beneficiaries could be citizens from EU countries, former EU countries like the United Kingdom, and neutral Switzerland and even NATO.

She said, “I think that Europe also needs to be considered further, namely those who may live in European states but which do not yet belong to the European Union, but which may well be in accession negotiations.

“I don’t want to tie it down like that, because it has to be legally scrutinised.