By Sabine Siebold

BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany’s defence minister is confident its fractious ruling coalition can agree on a new model of military service in time for it to come into effect next year as planned, given security concerns over Russia, he told Reuters on Saturday.

The cabinet has already agreed to minister Boris Pistorius’ proposal for a new voluntary military service to help boost the number of recruits and reservists.

The plan still requires approval by German parliament, however, and it has met with resistance from lawmakers within Pistorius’ own party, the Social Democrats, and some of Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s conservatives.

“Everyone is aware of the seriousness of the situation,” Pistorius said. “I am therefore confident that the law will come into force at the beginn

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