Germany's Top General Carsten Breuer Sees Need to Boost Manpower Amid Russia Threat

Germany’s top military officer says the nation needs to boost its defense personnel in light of the security threat from Russia and possibly wavering support from the United States. "We still have a lack of at least 100,000. So we have to fill this gap," Bundeswehr Chief of Defense Carsten Breuer tells Bloomberg's Oliver Crook in Munich. "It doesn't matter if it comes out of a full voluntary conscription service, so to speak, or if it comes out of an old-style conscription that we will see after the elections," he adds. -------- More on Bloomberg Television and Markets Like this video? Subscribe and turn on notifications so you don't miss any videos from Bloomberg Markets & Finance: https://tinyurl.com/ysu5b8a9 Visit http://www.bloomberg.com for business news & analysis, up-to-the-minute market data, features, profiles and more. Connect with Bloomberg Television on: X:   / bloombergtv   Facebook:   / bloombergtelevision   Instagram:   / bloombergtv   Connect with Bloomberg Business on: X:   / business   Facebook:   / bloombergbusiness   Instagram:   / bloombergbusiness   TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bloombergbusi... Reddit:   / bloomberg   LinkedIn:   / bloomberg-news   More from Bloomberg: Bloomberg Radio:   / bloombergradio   Bloomberg Surveillance:   / bsurveillance   Bloomberg Politics:   / bpolitics   Bloomberg Originals:   / bbgoriginals   Watch more on YouTube: Bloomberg Technology:    / @bloombergtechnology   Bloomberg Originals:    / @business   Bloomberg Quicktake:    / @bloombergquicktake   Bloomberg Espanol:    / @bloomberg_espanol   Bloomberg Podcasts:    / @bloombergpodcasts