Germany mulls recruiting EU nationals for some military jobs – commander
German authorities are contemplating allowing the country’s military to recruit citizens of EU countries in some areas, including as doctors and information technology specialists, AP reports. The military’s chief of staff, Gen. Eberhard Zorn, was quoted on Thursday as telling the Funke newspaper group that “we must look in every direction at a time when there is a shortage of specialists.” Germany dropped military conscription in 2011, and the Bundeswehr now has to compete for recruits in a healthy economy with low unemployment. “One option we are examining is the question of whether we allow applications by fellow EU citizens for very specific fields of work – we are talking here about doctors or IT specialists, for example,” Zorn said.