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Too few women are serving in the German military, the parliamentary commissioner for the armed forces, Eva Högl, has said in remarks published by the German media organization Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland (RND) on Friday. “We cannot go on as before,” Högl, a member of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats (SPD), said. Women currently make up a little over 13% of personnel serving in the Bundeswehr, the German military. “If one excludes the medics, the figure is below 10%,” Högl said. This contrasts with the official target of 20% as laid down in law. She also noted a lack of women in lea…

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