If my dc get eu /German passports does that mean they may get eu conscription?

[StarieNight]

My dd are currently on UK passport but if we get them German ones could they be called up? War with Russia etc....

what i take out of this is that so many people want rights without responsibilities. At least OP is thinking about it

I think the benefits of having an EU passport will far outweigh the risk of this which is tiny. And if the EU does end up at war, chances are we will be too so having a UK passport won’t help matters.

We don't know that's what the OP meant. It sounded reminiscent of the pre-Brexit ref threads about "an EU army".

Okay.

Maybe she did mean that.

I hadn't seen those pre -Brexit threads, so I didn't make that connection.

But I won't guess what she meant then.

I'll let her clarify.

Unless there is a reason to get them German passports - I would wait until they are adults - save you loads of money as child passports tend to renew more quickly (maybe 5 years instead of 10) I guess to deal with the kids growing quickly and photos changing.

@Nannyoggapple, 🙏 thank you for your deductions and sanity.

Thank you all

A US colleague of mine has recently acquired Austrian citizenship. He was told that 40 was the cut off point for military service/training of any kind.

@AutumnTimeForCosy24 @Stewandsocks

That was my thought and now we are out of the eu, even if they did, how could they get them?
Dc have right to passport through dad but I'm not sure if that makes them citizen.

German passports are loads cheaper though, €32 and valid for 6 years.

There is no military service in Germany. How old are dc?

If it does get reintroduced police and priests are exempt if that helps.

I know someone who was a dual national and had to do national service in an EU country back in the 1990's. He was essentially told that if he didn't then he would be arrested if he tried to go there at any time. They didn't keep him long due to his total lack of knowledge of the language. His younger brothers didn't have to, as national service was stopped in that country by the time they were old enough.

Which is a long way of saying, it is always possible that a country can tell their citizens to help out. As to how likely it is, well probably not very likely at all. Certainly before the election, right wing politicians here were muttering about it in UK, even though they would all have been 18 after national service ended.

I was once a dual-national (US/UK) and DM has said they’d never had registered me as a US citizen born abroad if I’d been a boy. Her generation were conscripted to fight in Vietnam. DDad worked at a university and every year dealt with British dual nationals who’d been called up (and usually could have deferred for the duration of their course if they’d known it was coming…). Being a dual national has some small hazards.

2 things:
Having a passport is not the same as citizenship. It is a physical proof of that citizenship, however. I have German citizenship (thanks Brexit), and have a German passport (because the British ones are hugely overpriced). But I also have a certificate to say I'm German, if my British passport was still valid i wouldn't need the German passport but I'd still be German.

the second thing is more about why people are getting these citizenships. In a lot of cases i see here it's to get the advantages of having an EU passport vs just the British one (free movement etc). But if you are only in it for advantages to you, and going to bend and stretch to avoid the responsibilities that come with it, you should have a bit of a word with yourself. Especially if you are anti-immigration or anti-offshore-wealth.