Team Stronach supports ending conscription and introducing an all-volunteer army.
The government announced plans on July 10 to end military conscription by 1994.
The motion to end conscription and introduce a professional army was rejected.
He ended conscription and abolished all university fees.
He is also widely credited with helping to end military conscription in the United States.
Indeed, many Germans, especially on the left, are wary of a professional army and are thus loath to end conscription.
On May 4, 2005, a new conscription system was adopted, making for a six-month service, and pledging to end conscription within two years.
The party seeks to end conscription and, thus, introduce a voluntary army.
The minister will face opposition from the Social Democrats' coalition partners, the Greens, who favor ending conscription.
The party wants eventually to end conscription and introduce a voluntary army.