{
 "slug": "germany-paragraph-3-wehrpflichtgesetz-travel-approval-authority-male-nationals-17-45-pistorius-suspends",
 "title": "Germany Quietly Reactivates §3 Wehrpflichtgesetz Travel-Approval Authority over Male Nationals 17–45",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/germany-paragraph-3-wehrpflichtgesetz-travel-approval-authority-male-nationals-17-45-pistorius-suspends/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/germany-paragraph-3-wehrpflichtgesetz-travel-approval-authority-male-nationals-17-45-pistorius-suspends/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-04-04T00:05:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-07-29T18:52:43.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBerlin, 4 April 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * Since 1 January 2026, §3 paragraph 2 of the Wehrpflichtgesetz reactivated by the Wehrdienst-Modernisierungsgesetz of 5 December 2025 requires all male German nationals aged 17–45 to obtain Bundeswehr Karrierecenter approval before leaving the country for more than three months — previously restricted to declared crisis states, now applicable unconditionally in peacetime\n * Affects approximately nine million German male nationals; enforced under",
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  "germany"
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  "policy"
 ],
 "capabilities": [],
 "tags": [
  "defense-policy",
  "dez-german-defense-zeitenwende"
 ],
 "sources": [],
 "entities": [
  "bundeswehr",
  "germany",
  "russia"
 ],
 "inferred": {
  "countries": [
   "germany",
   "russia"
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  "domains": [],
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}