The co-leader of Germany’s Social Democratic Party (SPD), Lars Klingbeil, has expressed caution regarding the possible reintroduction of compulsory military service. “I believe that forcing 800,000 young people per year to serve is not the right thing to do,” Klingbeil told German broadcaster ARD on Wednesday evening. The leader of the SPD, the dominant party in Germany’s ruling coalition, argued in favour of creating incentives for those who do voluntary service, for example giving study opportunities, vocational training or obtaining a driving licence – an exorbitantly expensive rite of pass…