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| The idea for a German Veterans Day goes back to a debate in 2012 and was initiated by FDP and the then Defense Minister [[Thomas de Maizière]] (CDU) together and the then Armed Forces Commissioner of the Bundestag Helmut Königshaus (FDP). At the end of 2023, the CDU/CSU spoke out in favor of it again. While [[Angela Merkel]] (CDU) from the same party was skeptical in 2012, Chancellor [[Olaf Scholz]] from SPD supports the move.<ref>{{Cite web |last=deutschlandfunk.de |title=Bundeswehr - Gemeinsamer Antrag von Ampel-Fraktionen und Union zu Veteranentag "*****" Donnerstag im Bundestag |url=https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/geme...ntag-"*****"-donnerstag-im-bundestag-100.html |access-date=2024-04-20 |website=Die Nachrichten |language=de}}</ref> In February 2024 the the German Soldiers Association (Deutscher Bundeswehrverband) held the first Vertans Congress with veterans, politicans and relatives of soldiers in Berlin.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Veteranenkongress - Deutscher BundeswehrVerband |url=https://www.dbwv.de/multimedia/fuer-veteranen/veteranenkongress |access-date=2024-04-20 |website=www.dbwv.de}}</ref> | The idea for a German Veterans Day goes back to a debate in 2012 and was initiated by FDP and the then Defense Minister [[Thomas de Maizière]] (CDU) together and the then Armed Forces Commissioner of the Bundestag Helmut Königshaus (FDP). At the end of 2023, the CDU/CSU spoke out in favor of it again. While [[Angela Merkel]] (CDU) from the same party was skeptical in 2012, Chancellor [[Olaf Scholz]] from SPD supports the move.<ref>{{Cite web |last=deutschlandfunk.de |title=Bundeswehr - Gemeinsamer Antrag von Ampel-Fraktionen und Union zu Veteranentag "*****" Donnerstag im Bundestag |url=https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/geme...ntag-"*****"-donnerstag-im-bundestag-100.html |access-date=2024-04-20 |website=Die Nachrichten |language=de}}</ref> In February 2024 the the German Soldiers Association (Deutscher Bundeswehrverband) held the first Vertans Congress with veterans, politicans and relatives of soldiers in Berlin.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Veteranenkongress - Deutscher BundeswehrVerband |url=https://www.dbwv.de/multimedia/fuer-veteranen/veteranenkongress |access-date=2024-04-20 |website=www.dbwv.de}}</ref> |
| Since the founding of the Bundeswehr, more than 10 million women and men have served in the armed forces of democratic Germany by 2024. | Since the founding of the [[Bundeswehr]], more than 10 million women and men have served in the armed forces of democratic Germany by 2024. |
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