Annual event in June is designed to make service in volunteer army more attractive amid looming threats
The German parliament has passed a bill creating the first post-unification Veterans’ Day, breaking with a long-held taboo around veneration of soldiers as the country faces up to new looming threats.
MPs in the Bundestag lower house approved the proposal to create a memorial day on 15 June each year, after an agreement between the government and the conservative opposition earlier this month.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/25/germany-first-post-unification-veterans-day-taboo
Author : Deborah Cole in Berlin
Publish date : 2024-04-25 15:43:57
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